“James is why I never left. I should have left.”
“I left. When I should have stayed.”
“I should never be left alone with my mind for too long.”
“Do you know why I left America, Lidewij? So that I would never again have to encounter Americans.""But you are an American.""Incurably so, it seems.”
“So I find words I never thought to speakIn streets I never thought I should revisitWhen I left my body on a distant shore.”
“I watch my feet as I walk along. Left, right, left, right, why is everything about politics?”