This particular set of loyalties
this laying down and raising of the sword
This worshipping of blood and of chance
sometimes of will, sometimes loss
Allegiance being a thing to be born/e
a weight and a birthright
There is no such thing as an unmarked man
there is no such thing as a nation
This desire for passage
for staying / still
This yearning for a roof
barring of the door
The memory of a country
disappears
