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the school bell rings to call

pupils inside for the start of

a fresh day of learning. in

class a substitute eagerly waits

for everyone to take their seats,

then announces they will spend

a little time reviewing newspaper

clips for current events. the teacher

graduated from a local city college,

the kind filled with the children of

immigrants who speak in tongues of

the good news that led their family

name to North American shores.

Mr. Laboda dreamed himself into

the teaching world, filled with the joy

of leaving a speck of himself in kids

who will learn to unveil the dark for

themselves, and keep imaginary sails

within them from slack. that morning

the students discussed New York Times

headlines, the errors of government, the

misunderstandings burning houses down,

the fear of foreigners, bombs dropped on

Afghan heads, the dried blood papers find

a thousand ways to ignore, and the tilted

telling of truth.