Home of the Brave
“People from my village are there, and many cows, and a camel and a gazelle.
Airplane, Dave says, Try to say it, Kek.
But when my mouth opens, the only things that come out are little white puffs, cloud after cloud.
You must try harder, Lual says, and I give him my best scowl.
He laughs, and then the round windows open and guns are there and hating words, and I am screaming empty white clouds of fear.
When at last it’s quiet, the seats of Lual and my father and all the other men from my village ...are empty.
They’re gone, I tell my mama, they’re dead, and she takes my hand.
When we step outside it isn’t sky we see, but endless, barren land dotted with dead trees.
Mile after mile day after day tear after tear we travel, to a place of tents and women and children.
Here in the camp we are safe, she says.
The men with guns will not come.MoreLess
Airplane, Dave says, Try to say it, Kek.
But when my mouth opens, the only things that come out are little white puffs, cloud after cloud.
You must try harder, Lual says, and I give him my best scowl.
He laughs, and then the round windows open and guns are there and hating words, and I am screaming empty white clouds of fear.
When at last it’s quiet, the seats of Lual and my father and all the other men from my village ...are empty.
They’re gone, I tell my mama, they’re dead, and she takes my hand.
When we step outside it isn’t sky we see, but endless, barren land dotted with dead trees.
Mile after mile day after day tear after tear we travel, to a place of tents and women and children.
Here in the camp we are safe, she says.
The men with guns will not come.MoreLess
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