Which Miriam approached too rapidly, weeping, “My home!”

She recognized the local trainmaster, but ignored his warning,

“This is our home now.  Go back to where you came from.”

Leah held Miriam as her last essence seeped from the gunshot wound.

 

So Leah found home in the land where she came from,

Where relatives had lived continuously for thousands of years,

After the British had stopped her ship and returned her to a camp,

Where she had learned about the other side of a shotgun,

Where she once again heard, “This is our home now.

Go back to where you came from,” which she ignored.

 

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