<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="">Solastalgia</span></p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br class=""></p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">a family gathers smiling</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">in this photo not yet sepia</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">someone not yet missing</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">a routine document</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">of ebb and flow</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br class=""></p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">we had wax wings</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">a common metaphor</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">of earnest self-importance</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">grand and vague</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">yet melting near a cold star</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br class=""></p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">in a solitary confinement of self</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">and far off country of dream</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I think I keep seeing you</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I see you everywhere</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br class=""></p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">what is past remains past</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">my heart is on the outside</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">how can I be homesick</p><p class="" style="margin-bottom: 0in;">while being home</p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Les Bernstein</div></div></body></html>