—after Eve Ewing

Q:
A:     i was born here
Q:
A:     where am i
A:     from
Q:
A:     from denotes a starting point
A:     [a train running west from chicago]
Q:
A:     [two miles from shore]         [twenty years from now]
Q:
A:     & go where
Q:
A:     i was born here
Q:
A:     i was born here
Q:
A:     you draw the [border] you know the [answer]
Q:
A:     what would you like me to [say]
A:     that [exile] is [home] minus [country]         how boring
Q:
A:     [home] minus [from]
Q:
A:     okay                          [country] minus [country]
A:     how’s that