on the top of things
there is a hole a hole
is a good thing said
the rabbit a rabbit is
a good thing said the
singer the singer is a
good thing said the
nation the nation is
a good thing? asked
the people is it?
what is good? Good
is good said the rabbit
said the singer said the
people but
what about me? said
the nation a hole
is a good thing said
the hole but what
about me said the nation
come into me
said the hole I have space
but I am the nation
said the nation
I have space for all said
the hole come into me
rabbit come into me singer
come into me people I have
space will I find my way back
said the rabbit no said the hole
and I said the singer will
I sing again under the sun
no said the hole but I have
space and me said the people
will we live again as one
no said the hole but I
have space come into me
I will come said the nation
come then said the hole
come into blackness I have
space and the nation did and got lost
on the top of things
are a hole of darkness a rabbit on the move
a singer in light and
a people as one
but the nation
the nation is gone
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We participated in a a writing workshop for male refugees, and were tasked with writing a text containing four individually given words. The words for this text were Rabbit, Afghanistan, Get Lost and Singer. Later Afghanistan was replaced with Nation, to create a broader international application. But following the situation in Afghanistan since the American withdrawal in 2021, the original bacame relevant so it now exists in both versions.