04-09-2024, 10:44 PM
Not every one who returns from exile
returns home. Some return to old habits
without the accustomed accoutrements,
the moringa tree on the corner or
the adoring mongrel ridden with mange,
while others forget themselves in the face
of an unchanging world, the spinster still
leaving leftovers for the street's stray cats---
returns home. Some return to old habits
without the accustomed accoutrements,
the moringa tree on the corner or
the adoring mongrel ridden with mange,
while others forget themselves in the face
of an unchanging world, the spinster still
leaving leftovers for the street's stray cats---