Friday, July 18, 2014

on being "transient"

having brushed (fleetingly) the southern of our islands
and ascending northwards again
I wonder if we've in fact been here...

these hills framing the tarmac
feel a part of myself, a
"home"
of sorts, though 
I wonder if I've been here...

those gothic buildings
and the bogan lovers,
the girls braving the Friday night cold

I wonder if I've been here ?

that nowhere-grey void, levitating us 
over bumpy air (like the skin of a tuatara)
suggests I've "been" but been 
absent --
not been, have been
seen but unseen
familiar but scarcely known
that old Scottish town where race
has always been hot topic

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