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Luke Psyhojos

Iraqi Children

They are lucky to be malnourished with unhealthy food,
for far too many go without any food at all.

They are lucky for the opportunity to rummage through trash,
for even a ragged pair of sandals is a liberator of feet slit from glass.

They are lucky to be burdened with schoolwork,
for this means they have a school to attend.

They are lucky to feel the heat and hot white sand in their home,
for this is still a home that most do not have.

They are lucky to be irritated by this oppressive heat,
for this means the numb of a stroke is not yet a fear.

They are lucky to see their crumbling home at night,
for this means they have the technology of electricity.

They are lucky to here the sound of gunfire at night,
for a bullet is better heard than felt.

They are lucky to have family fighting for their homeland,
for that means there is still a home to fight for.

They are lucky for their free nation to be occupied by some terrorists,
for this is better than a terrorist nation occupied by some free men.

They are lucky to witness the dead bodies in the streets,
for this means they have not yet been killed themselves-

and so they can live another day.

[TABLE OF CONTENTS, LHS CLASS OF 2011 EDITION]