Suitcases Left Out in the Rain
On the worn, drenched pavement,
the emigrants' abandoned luggage,
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families who have travelled onward
to fresh possibilities, new horizons.
The port still sings their praise
-- though they have all gone away:
Kline and Mulldoon, Ngami and Kandinsky,
each hefting their heritage to the sun.
Christopher T. George
* Photograph by Steve Howe (www.chesterwalls.info) taken of an art installation in Mount Street, Liverpool. Thanks, Steve!
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