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Kingsmead Eyes Speak Led by Gideon Mendel

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I am ten years old and have four sisters, three are older than me and one is younger. My parents are from Nigeria and were born in Lagos but I was born in England. I was born in 2000. My oldest sister is twenty four and has travelled around the world four times to Israel, America, France, Dublin. My birthday is in October and for my tenth birthday me and my whole family went to Nandos but the place I like to eat is KFC. My hobby is playing Sims.

Was she abandoned and where was she found?
What is she plugged into?

There is mystery of what she is looking at
Is she watching TV or something like that?
Is she alone in the room and where is she?
Where are they, where are her family?
Was she abandoned and where was she found?
What is she plugged into?
An what is that sound?
The battery on the computer just would not last
What is she looking at, the past?

Her mother is locked under the computer screen
Like a child beneath ice
Her father stands with her
They beckon and entice
Whispering to her to join their program
They have a space at the table, they need a daughter to rock the pram
She misses her family and they miss her too
So they blow kisses at her, keep their hearts true
There is a family trapped under the computer
What is she looking at, the future?

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