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A Typical Ethiopian Boy

In this undernourished dry plain
Of this Ethiopian Land,
I have no food, nor water:
Just a cup filled up with sand.
I wish no more than living,
As I'm a typical Ethiopian boy.
Just a little grain to fill my cup;
To fill my heart with joy.
My friends all die around me,
And I will share their doom
If my sand-filled cup of life
Is not filled with water soon.

- Simon Huggins, 1984 (aged 12)