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This year
I have morning classes
We attend in shifts
Morning and afternoon
So everyone can fit
Inside the
Tiny school
Since I have
Afternoons free,
Mother trusts that I
Shop at the open market
She gives
30 Afghan afghani
To buy
70 grams of pork,
A bushel of water spinach
And 9 cubes
Of tofu
But I secretly
Was buying
69 grams of pork
¾ of a bushel of spinach
8 and ½ cubes of tofu
The money saved
I bought 4 apricots
One sugary fried dough
And a cup of honey
I will make
Sweet apricot rolls
For our family
In favor of father's wonderful creation
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The Journey Home
PuisiIn this strikingly touching poem journal, follow the journey of a young afghan refugee, Ajani. As time passes in Kabul, Afghanistan, the capital and the city which she was born and raised in, she struggles to find serenity for her and her family. Th...
