A new citizenship
For an old citizen
Of the other place
Boxes ticked
Facts cross-checked
All parameters sworn into
And what of the status
Does it allow the purchase of a home
Or a position of permanent employment
That you should meet their criteria
Shows how quickly time passes
Or how slow is my distant recall
That I always returned
To this island, nay county, of my birth
Shows a marked lack of real adventure
That this is your third island
Of substantial habitation
Perhaps shows a stable wanderer
Yet, for me, as a writer
Every day a new citizen
Every day an old mantra
