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Erik Kennedy
It was never an offered gift,
but it was an opportunity.
How many of those are left,
and how long will continuity
alone nourish a people?
How much is too much change?
Those who know they’re able
to thrive don’t need a strange,
new Scotland. They’re lucky.
Some do. Some do. They
wake in this one numbly.
There’s no hero, no symbol, no saviour
among the friends and families
now. There is a nod to a neighbour.
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