Thursday, 28 August 2025

#2068 - my country

 



2068

6.241

29.viii.25

my country

 

thing taken from

before I even was or could be  

 

with mountains, shallows

river bends

 

flimsy as a flag

is country

in the bigot whim

 

so fled

fear fuels it

 

a mind locked on

the rest all swim

 

imagining country courteous

hunting for it too

 

it’s every citizen for a self

 

will you assimilate?

will they accept?

 

my country

the rug out from under

 

remember that table cloth trick?

not a single drop spilt

 

or with my great uncle

riverboat, Danube

it was the three cup trick

he’d been watching American movies

 

my country

words to drift off in the air

 

I know it was a bad idea

no choice but

 

come back for my hat and the lion

 

it wasn’t even the last vacant lot

I mean there were actually people here

but we forgot

 

such a long puppet we had

such a bear!

let’s dance

 

where are the violins now?

they’ve all got a job that’s what

 

look at the whole wide  world and know

there are all sorts of ways it could have gone

 

no choice but

to always be meaning and never give up

 

call me Gilgamesh, won’t you

today my house is dust 












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