Take them with you
Let them travel
Travel in your carriage
The time
Of overheard overseas voices
The time
Of flags and fireworks and long walls falling
Remember the square in Belgrade
You, a younger man
Way out of your depth
Buying your first Tom Waits record
You sought out
And visited Nikola Tesla's Museum
Stroked his Van der Graf generator
Thought yourself too, someone special
It was a time of many misunderstandings
Yet tonight as you retrace the mourner's story
Think of the flowers placed at the roadside
Think of the flowers placed at the perimeter fence
Remember forever the flowers
For whenever
You are, as a traveller
Way out of your depth
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