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This is titled "You Fixed It",
and it really is about growing

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up in Tripoli, Lebanon,
during the Civil War.

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But it sadly resonates today as
Israel bombs Lebanon as well.

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It's titled "You Fixed It".

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And if the compass
broke, you fixed it.

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Fastened the pencil to
it with a rubber band.

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And if there was no hot
water, you fixed it.

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Learned to sit on that plastic
stool in the bathroom and count.

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And if it was too cold
outside, you fixed it.

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And there was the smell of
burnt lemon on the brassiere

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Or the click, click,
click of the gas heater.

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And if you were
bored, you fixed it.

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Learned to cut paper
and color the scraps,

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Learned to write on the walls.

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And if you wrote on the
walls, you fixed it.

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Scrubbed them with your mom
who yelled at your big brother

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who what on Earth was
he doing just watching?

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And if the TV
blurred, you fixed it.

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Adjusted the antenna to
catch those Japanese cartoons

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translated into Arabic
on the Syrian Channel.

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And if you didn't have
enough books, you fixed it.

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Read that French-Arabic
dictionary

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the size of your torso,

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Stared at the words
crépuscule and شَفَق.

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And if you tripped on the
missing tile, you fixed it.

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Learned to count your
steps in the dark afternoon

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without electricity.

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And if there was no
electricity, you fixed it.

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Gauged how dark it
was by whether or not

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you could see your thumb.

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And if you couldn't see
your thumb, you fixed it.

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Got the candle from
under the sink,

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And if the sink was
leaking, you fixed it.

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Tied a cloth to the pipe,

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And if the pipe
burst, you fixed it.

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Pressed your palms against
the hole in the wall until mom

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called the grocer
to call the butcher

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to call the plumber next to him.

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And if there was a hole in
your sock, you fixed it.

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Learned to fold it
under your big toe.

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And if your window
shattered, you fixed it.

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Taped cardboard to the frame.

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And if someone
died, you fixed it

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by telling stories about how
crusty their lahm bi 'ajeen was.

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And if the lahm bi
'ajeen was too crusty,

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you fixed it by dipping
it in the tahini.

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And if your sorrow
hardened, you fixed it

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by dipping it in seawater.

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And if your country hardened,
if your country hardened,

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you fixed it by
dipping it in song.

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