what is home to the falcon<\/p>\n
the nest where it was raised<\/p>\n
or the vastness of the sky?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
what is home the snail<\/p>\n
the fern in which it<\/p>\n
leaves behind trails<\/p>\n
of glimmering mucus<\/p>\n
or the comfort<\/p>\n
of the house grown out of its back?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
what is home to the salmon<\/p>\n
the ocean it spends its entire life traversing<\/p>\n
or the river it was born in<\/p>\n
to which it inevitably returns to die?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
what is home to the gazelle<\/p>\n
always on the move for better pastures?<\/p>\n
the plains the plains the plains<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
you ask me where I am most at home and I tell you<\/p>\n
in airports, the sky so close and<\/p>\n
only some baggage claims away<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
the house I grew up in but also<\/p>\n
the shell I grew for myself over years<\/p>\n
tent of familiarity I can pitch wherever I go<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
the country I spent my life in but<\/p>\n
also the country I was born in, the one<\/p>\n
I know I will one day return to to die<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
you ask me where I am home<\/p>\n
and I tell you the plains<\/p>\n
the world is my savannah and it all looks the same<\/p>\n
I will settle down where there is water<\/p>\n
and move on when there is none<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
where am I at home?<\/p>\n
the world, the world, the world.<\/p>\n
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