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April 8, 2003 I Understand There's a Boy in a Baghdad Hospital By LARRY KEARNEY this morning I understand that there's a twelve year old boy in a hospital in Baghdad. the word is that last night a missile hit his flimsy house and killed his mother, his father, his brothers, his sisters, and also blew his arms off his body. what color is his room do you think? with the sun coming up creeping, what is it shining on? which bits of chrome, flesh, fabric? colored water? is it all right? will things be all right? the boy cries because his mother is dead. and. and because the nurse looks at him. he cries and cries and asks can you bring back my arms? I heard this on the radio. you understand? that question? can you bring back my arms? it isn't even a question, is it? we'd have to say well, we knew they'd be gone. some of them anyway. we'll just have to live with it won't we. Larry Kearney is a poet living in California. Yesterday's Features Anthony Gancarski Colin Powell's Shame John Chuckman Was Einstein Right About Israel? David Krieger The Meaning of Victory Tom Gorman The Mantra of the Troops: Support or Treason? Adam Federman The Absence of War Vijay Prashad There Are No More Arguments Tom Stephens The End of the Innocence Mickey Z. Makes Me Sic (Sic): Copy Editing Bush Speak Pierre Tristam War Coverage: a Dishonest Reality Show Hammond Guthrie The Deadly Mihrab Steve Perry War Web Log 04/04   Keep CounterPunch Alive: Make a Tax-Deductible Donation Today Online! home / subscribe / about us / books / archives / search / links /