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| "my mother died in Bosnia" |
| i said |
| matter-of-factly |
| "but" |
| he said |
| "you have never been there" |
| "it has nothing |
| to do with geography" |
| i replied |
| then |
| he wanted to know |
| if my mother |
| was a Muslim |
| "it has nothing |
| to do with religion" |
| i said |
| calmly |
| he looked at me |
| for awhile |
| then |
| started to tell me |
| how many things |
| happen |
| in a war |
| and |
| that he |
| had done nothing |
| NOTHING |
| but what he had to do |
| and |
| after all |
| this is |
| WHAT EVERYBODY DOES IN A WAR |
| "still" |
| i repeated |
| quietly |
| "my mother died in Bosnia" |
| then |
| he |
| called me a liar |
| for he was |
| afraid |
| of the |
| TRUTH |
| in |
| my words |
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