I am certain
no irony was intended.
The video showed a school
in Baghdad
for children blinded in the war
playing a game called
kick the bucket which was
made of aluminum
and otherwise used
to carrry water from the well.
A young girl
wanting to feel the prize
first asked in clear English
am I making contact.
Yes, yes, yes
the teacher said
even before the foot
had completed its arc
and before she could remember
seeing herself in motion.