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i am blood of places
i've never been,
in the Serengeti,
eyes upon the Andes,

culture in percentages,
clarity & ambiguity,
holy affinities,

dancing shadows
& family crest of
sword & arrows,
my feathers are
in the wind,

tapas wrapped
in Torah,
castanets & fedoras,

i feel the spirit
of my kin.