1. Play
We play soccer. I know, but even here we play soccer. We clean the street as best we can, and have small matches.
The gunshots are always there. Why pay attention? I pay attention to distance. I only look around if they sound close. Otherwise, why bother? Besides, when I’m playing I forget to hear them.
Me? I hope to be sixteen.
2. Sleep
I don’t
sleep
very much
any more,
At least
not
at night,
And not
often
in bed.
I sit by the window, and my heart aches.
I listen to the radio, and I admit, sometimes I weep.
I am a father, and a grandfather, many times over,
and there is War…
and
I
am
old.
3. Friends and Enemies
Please, I have no enemies; I’ve done nothing to deserve enemies. You insult me. Even these killers; I don’t know them. If you don’t know someone how can they be your enemy?
You want to know how old I am? I’ll tell you, most of my friends have been killed, most of my friends are dead; I am also old enough to be dead.
4. Food
Thanks God, my husband and my sons have work. They are away from the house at all different hours. We would like to eat together, but it is not often possible. My daughter and I try to have food prepared, for when they need it, but it is difficult, not so much for the work, there is not much food these days.
Hah, I would never tell you my age! How can you ask?
Thursday, January 10, 2008
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