The emigree Flashcards
“There once was… “
“There once was a country… I left it as a child, but my memory of it is sunlight clear”
The emigree
“The worst news I receive of it… “
“The worst news I receive of it cannot break my original view, the bright, filled paperweight”
The emigree
“It may be at war… “
“It may be at war, it may be sick with tyrants but I am branded by an impression of sunlight”
The emigree
“The graceful slopes glow… “
“The graceful slopes glow even clearer as time rolls its tanks and the frontiers rise between us”
The emigree
“I comb its hair… “
“I comb its hair and love its shinning eyes”
The emigree
“They circle me, they accuse… “
“They circle me, they accuse me of being dark in their free city”
The emigree
“They mutter death and… “
“They mutter death and my shadow falls as evidence of sunlight”
The emigree
