where the family photos are bound
a Jew is a turtle with home on its back
photos in a knapsack
on a stick of a hobo
wandering in shantytowns
along the tracks of a thousand trains
that don't digress
Taiwanese Lin who remembers her path
couldn't get lost coming home
with a hundred thousand Lins before
mixed with indigenous blood
family registered Japanese
who never had to flee like we
from country to hostile country
i'll return to collect my history
for those who care to see
thankful for showing what once was
children's welfare, pleasure, and me
an empty nest nestled in my brain
which cannot be washed out by the rain
be cast away or stained
6-7-14
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