Harry Chapin

The Shortest Story
I am born today The sun burns a promise in my eye Momma strikes me And I draw a breath and cry Above me a cloud softly Tumbles through the sky I am glad...to be alive It is my seventh day I taste the hunger and I cry My brother and sister Cling to momma's side She squeezes her breast But it has nothing to provide Someone weeps I fall asleep It is twenty days today Momma does not hold me anymore I open my mouth But I am too weak to cry Above me a bird Slowly crawls across the sky Why is there nothing Now to do but die From Letras Mania