{"id":754,"date":"2021-09-29T23:00:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T22:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/so-closetools.eu\/storymap\/willa-decjusza\/?page_id=754"},"modified":"2022-06-01T11:13:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T10:13:57","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/so-closetools.eu\/storymap\/willa-decjusza\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span class=\"authorOrTitle\">Warsan Shire<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"authorOrTitle\">HOME <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>no one leaves home unless<br \/>\nhome is the mouth of a shark<br \/>\nyou only run for the border<br \/>\nwhen you see the whole city running as well<\/p>\n<p>your neighbors running faster than you<br \/>\nbreath bloody in their throats<br \/>\nthe boy you went to school with<br \/>\nwho kissed you dizzy behind the old tin factory<br \/>\nis holding a gun bigger than his body<br \/>\nyou only leave home<br \/>\nwhen home won\u2019t let you stay<\/p>\n<p>no one leaves home unless home chases you<br \/>\nfire under feet<br \/>\nhot blood in your belly<br \/>\nit\u2019s not something you ever thought of doing<br \/>\nuntil the blade burnt threats into<br \/>\nyour neck<br \/>\nand even then you carried the anthem under<br \/>\nyour breath<br \/>\nonly tearing up your passport in an airport toilets<br \/>\nsobbing as each mouthful of paper<br \/>\nmade it clear that you wouldn\u2019t be going back<\/p>\n<p>you have to understand,<br \/>\nthat no one puts their children in a boat<br \/>\nunless the water is safer than the land<br \/>\nno one burns their palms<br \/>\nunder trains<br \/>\nbeneath carriages<br \/>\nno one spends days and nights in the stomach of a truck<br \/>\nfeeding on newspaper unless the miles travelled<br \/>\nmeans something more than journey.<br \/>\nno one crawls under fences<br \/>\nno one wants to be beaten<br \/>\npitied<\/p>\n<p>no one chooses refugee camps<br \/>\nor strip searches where your<br \/>\nbody is left aching<br \/>\nor prison,<br \/>\nbecause prison is safer<br \/>\nthan a city of fire<br \/>\nand one prison guard<br \/>\nin the night<br \/>\nis better than a truckload<br \/>\nof men who look like your father<br \/>\nno one could take it<br \/>\nno one could stomach it<br \/>\nno one skin would be tough enough<\/p>\n<p>the<br \/>\ngo home blacks<br \/>\nrefugees<br \/>\ndirty immigrants<br \/>\nasylum seekers<br \/>\nsucking our country dry<br \/>\nniggers with their hands out<br \/>\nthey smell strange<br \/>\nsavage<br \/>\nmessed up their country and now they want<br \/>\nto mess ours up<br \/>\nhow do the words<br \/>\nthe dirty looks<br \/>\nroll off your backs<br \/>\nmaybe because the blow is softer<br \/>\nthan a limb torn off<\/p>\n<p>or the words are more tender<br \/>\nthan fourteen men between<br \/>\nyour legs<br \/>\nor the insults are easier<br \/>\nto swallow<br \/>\nthan rubble<br \/>\nthan bone<br \/>\nthan your child body<br \/>\nin pieces.<br \/>\ni want to go home,<br \/>\nbut home is the mouth of a shark<br \/>\nhome is the barrel of the gun<br \/>\nand no one would leave home<br \/>\nunless home chased you to the shore<br \/>\nunless home told you<br \/>\nto quicken your legs<br \/>\nleave your clothes behind<br \/>\ncrawl through the desert<br \/>\nwade through the oceans<br \/>\ndrown<br \/>\nsave<br \/>\nbe hunger<br \/>\nbeg<br \/>\nforget pride<br \/>\nyour survival is more important<\/p>\n<p>no one leaves home until home is a sweaty voice in your ear<br \/>\nsaying<br \/>\nleave<br \/>\nrun away from me now<br \/>\ni dont know what i\u2019ve become<br \/>\nbut i know that anywhere<br \/>\nis safer than here<\/p>\n<p>2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warsan Shire HOME no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when you see the whole city running as well your neighbors running faster than you breath bloody in their throats the boy you went to school with 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