History History History (Always Repeating)

Ana trudged up the muddy road with her mom. They’d left home as the bombing began. Everything abandoned. Then her mother fell, Ana saw blood coming out of her head. As she bent down by her mom, she felt the stings, two, three times inside herself. As she embraced her mother, Ana started humming her mom’s favorite song: “What’s so funny ‘bout peace, love and understanding”. She never got to the second line.