someone to tell him
everything would be all right
and make him believe it
and maybe an explanation
where had his mother gone
where were his brothers
what was his father doing
where were he and his sister going
what had happened
for what was everyone ashamed
how could he fix
any of this
was he the only one who cared
instead people told him
to be a little man
to take care of his sister
who was probably afraid
and for god's sake
to speak the right language
so he held her
in the back seat of some car
traveling through the night
in some foreign country
people told him was his home
and two strangers
in the front seat
spoke the right language
so quietly he could barely hear
so he learned nothing
except that all this
was something horrible
and secret
no one could know
how then could he fix it
what must he do
his sister finally fell asleep
at least he had
done that right
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