All I want to know though is how am I supposed to sit here warm in bed, raise the remote off the nightstand to click off the TV, then close my eyes and dream? Wake up in the morning. Turn on the coffeepot and the burner. Pry the refrigerator door open to look for the eggs behind last night’s leftover rice and beans. In the bathroom, how do I wash my hair or turn on the faucet to take a bath, slip the MetroCard into the bus, and travel to the church, knowing the whole time that my daughter is missing, that in some other city, some other country, she can be hungry, that someone can be hurting
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