<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=491807" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Our Own Kin</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">our own kin<br>name tags on my chest<br>genes in my flesh<br>our own skin<br>bearing our own family names<br>tattoos of our<br>marked existence as part of this<br>and that<br>roots<br>on our feet<br>and vines in our hands<br>wherever we go<br>we are us<br>our own kin our own skin<br>our identities as sons of these fathers<br>and mothers<br>as favorite grandsons<br>hope of the family tree<br>integrated<br>not grafts<br>but twigs and tendrils</div><div style="margin:10px 0">despite our hatred<br>of the roots<br>we still are<br>leaves and<br>branches</div><div style="margin:10px 0">how can we get away<br>from these that made us grow<br>into treetops<br>overlooking the mountains<br>of our lives</div><div style="margin:10px 0">somehow there will be change<br>to norms<br>new laws for family ties<br>the right to take myself<br>from a name<br>to have my own house<br>inside my body<br>to get rid my veins of the<br>bad blood<br>to remove their nails<br>embedded on my toes<br>and fingers</div><div style="margin:10px 0">somehow<br>know me as i am<br>and not a part<br>an extension of whom and<br>where</div><div style="margin:10px 0">i have my on why you know<br>listen to me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ric+S.+Bastasa">Ric S. Bastasa</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=491807" data-title="Our Own Kin de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="our own kin name tags on my chest genes in my flesh our own skin bearing our own family names tattoos of our marked existence as part of this and that roots on our feet and vines in our hands wherever we go we are us our own kin our own skin our i..."></div> </div> </div>

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