If china
If china, then only the kind
you wouldn’t miss under the movers’ shoes or the treads of a tank;
if a chair, then one that’s not too comfortable, or
you’ll regret getting up and leaving;
if clothes, then only what will fit in one suitcase;
if books, then those you know by heart;
if plans, then the ones you can give up
when it comes time for the next move,
to another street, another continent, or epoch,
or world.
Who told you to settle in?
Who told you this or that would last forever?
Didn’t anyone ever tell you that you’ll never
in the world
feel at home here?
– by Stanislaw Baranczak, 'Jezeli porcelana, to wylacznie taka.'
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