Exile Elegy

A friend said do you understand that feeling

I don't think there is anything I can return to
in that other land 

I think I know what she means

What we remember is only the real
estate of nostalgia 

No other plot
of land to claim  

despite the claims forced 
upon us

In time whatever path we walk
leads back to the earth

That is the only going back

In the meantime we shepherd our phantoms

Tell them to take 
one day at a time

Drink the morning coffee 

Slide open a window

It isn't necessary to say anything
while regarding the view

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