The Emigree Flashcards
(14 cards)
1
Q
There once was a country I left it as a child
A
but my memory of it is sunlight-clear
2
Q
The worst news I receive of it cannot break
A
my original view, the bright, filled paperweight
3
Q
It may be at war, it may be sick with tyrants,
A
but I am branded by an impression of sunlight
4
Q
The white streets of that city,
A
the graceful slopes glow
5
Q
time rolls
A
its tanks
6
Q
That child’s vocabulary I carried here
A
like a hollow doll, opens and spills a grammar
7
Q
banned by
A
the state
8
Q
It tastes
A
of sunlight.
9
Q
I have no passport,
A
there’s no way back at all
10
Q
my city comes to me
A
in its own white plane
11
Q
I comb its hair and
A
love its shining eyes
12
Q
My city takes me dancing
A
through the city of walls
13
Q
They accuse me of
A
absence, they circle me
14
Q
My city hides behind me
A
my shadow falls as evidence of sunlight
