The Journey Home

New House

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Our shuttle pulls up to a tall apartment building

The man says

Here we are! Have a nice day, and thanks for riding!

Thank you very much

Mother replies with the sun gleaming in her eye

We walk into the main office

Of the diligent apartment building

I look at the elegant marble fountain as soon as we walk in

I sit by the fountain and see coins at the bottom

Free money mother! A gift from father!

I say

I reach to the bottom

And pull out 3 coins

توقف

Mother shames me to stop

I give her a disgusting glance

And walk over to the comfortable couch

And pick up a magazine

Teen Vogue: The Fall Fashion Issue!

We go up the mechanical transport

that somehow magically takes us to the second floor of the complex

It dings

I hide behind mother's tall stature

She taps my shoulder to signal

That it is ok

This new home is different

I like different

We get to our apartment

1 bedroom, 1 bathroom

Mother and Uncle

Let me and sister Nahla

Sleep in the bed

My new home

Is better than Afghanistan

But it's stil

Worse...