HOME
no one leaves home unless
home is the mouth of a shark
you only run for the border
when you see the whole city running
your neighbors running faster than you
breath bloody in their throats
the boy you went to school with
is holding a gun bigger than his body
you only leave home when
home won't let you stay
no one puts their children in a boat
unless the water is safer than the land
no one burns their palms
under trains beneath carriages
feeding on newspaper
I want to go home,
but home is the mouth of a shark
home is the barrel of the gun
and no one would leave home
unless home chased you to the shore
unless home told you
to quicken your legs
leave your clothes behind
run