on belonging
(I)
meaning well, we
introduce our theme
for the day: belonging
then the hotel manager says
no, sorry, no, this many
refugees can’t use our facilities```
(II)
from Syria to Belfast
which never felt safe
Brits didn’t like me
Irish didn’t like me
and so on to Glasgow
(III)
he bends and gathers
a posie of blue asters
from the shore of the loch
to take home to his wife
(IV)
talking about belonging
I say there’s wallabies
on one of those islands
I’m not sure which
and Leonie says it’s
the one that’s jumping
from a day of access for refugees, Luss