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I Am Not Of This Place

I am not of this place,
but it is in me now.
I am not from this place,
but my daughter is.
Before this place there were other places,
but my roots did not grow deep enough to hold me there.
But now, when I write HOME, I write…
SEATTLE.

I Am Not Of This Place

I am not of this place,
but it is in me now.
I am not from this place,
but my daughter is.
Before this place there were other places,
but my roots did not grow deep enough to hold me there.
But now, when I write HOME, I write…
SEATTLE.

Douglas Lidz, 57

Seattle

 
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