Day 948

How many times
have you been displaced?
How many bombings
have you witnessed?
How many friends
have you lost?
How many sisters? brothers?
Uncles? Aunts? Parents?
Grandparents? Teachers?
How many days of school
have you missed?
How many pounds
have you lost?
How many arms and legs
do your friends not have anymore?
How many days
have you gone hungry?
How many nights
have you spent with rain
raining into your tent?
(Flooding it.  Bringing it down.)
How much wood
have you gathered for fuel?
How many mornings
have you awakened crying?
How many rats
have you seen in your tent?
How many pieces of flesh
of how many children like you
lie strewn on the ground?