Nelson, the son of Joseph, plays football with his friends.Sometimes
he pauses and gazes down the dirt road.Today the bus will come??Today
his father will come??Outsile their hut, his mother pauses at
her washing.Raw calloused hands on hips, she gazes at her son.She
knows it will be many months untill Joseph returns.Nelson kicks
the football, the bus forgotten for a while ...TOM McGUINESS.
