The Migrant Song by Maria Kardel
20 June 2008 | Published in Poems | 1 Comment
I speak confusion
And dictionary entries.
A language that tastes of spring water and tough bread.
I sleep in fields. Watch birds of prey hover
In the foreign air.
See sheep trundle back to their pens without thinking twice.
I speak exile
Mince shards of words into dust
Then it gathers around things
So that they mirror home.

July 5th, 2008at 16:33(#)
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