PRIEST: I command you, spawn of Satan, to release this child in the name of God
[sprinkles it with hot dog water]
PRIEST: how do you feel?
[the little girl opens her eyes, wider, wider, and wider still. she begins…
She fell from several stories up and landed on my back.
“Ya pig ya!” she cried out
I took off running down the street without seeing or understanding my piggyback riding captor.
Alone in a hospital but reluctant to be alive, we recaptured one of the enemy strongholds on the Western side of Aleppo.
We celebrated by resting.
There were no hugs, no tears of joy, and no happiness. Losing fellow soldiers, our…
*garbage man looks at me**looks at trash can**grabs me**hesitates*Me: it’s ok*walks me to garbage truck**puts me in*Me: thank you