Nostos

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We harbor inner harbors,  

…….Birds’ eye views 

………..Of islands 

….Eons after continents

…….Have broken up

And scattered over latitudes

…Of opening Aegeans— 

………Losing sight—

…Like isolated fragments

Of papyrus, where a glimpse 

……Of other Odysseys

……..Is measured out 

….In ragged centimeters, 

………..Partial, lost—

Yet island-edges, water-carved 

….In intricate, eroding rock,

…….Still visibly recall

How ocean-distant coastlines

………..Even now

…Could fit, and interlock.

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