empty in the day.
grown ups gone to work,
kids to school, learning things they
will forget
quiet in the night
grown ups asleep
kids staying up, reading beneath
the blanket
an arbitrary concept. a synonym for
house, though a home is anywhere, not just a house
a wistful dream for those fleeing
discrimination across the border,
crammed into tiny boats, with only
their hope of finding a home and
their fear of drowning for fuel
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