This poem is taken from PN Review 231, Volume 43 Number 1, September - October 2016.
Seven Poems
Exile
Balz dead, and war over
emigration is the plan
though Berta abhors it.
Hearing of it, her true father
summons her man –
What profession are you in, sir?
Schweizer Brauch. Swiss custom,
and you? Astrology –
I shun this murder-continent.
She will never forgive me
but take this money. It may help.
Why Australia? I’ve long
corresponded with Bondi
Surf Lifesaving club –
They arrive on Melbourne Cup day
and are kept on board.
...
Balz dead, and war over
emigration is the plan
though Berta abhors it.
Hearing of it, her true father
summons her man –
What profession are you in, sir?
Schweizer Brauch. Swiss custom,
and you? Astrology –
I shun this murder-continent.
She will never forgive me
but take this money. It may help.
Why Australia? I’ve long
corresponded with Bondi
Surf Lifesaving club –
They arrive on Melbourne Cup day
and are kept on board.
...
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