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Chai
I am drinking chai in the land of my fathers,
steeped in the aroma of time and place.

In this ritual of taste and thought I am stirred
to the greater history of my own clan,

frayed like a seam, split along
the migrant edge of my heritage.

Each sip of chai
is a history of familiarity,

a little nudge of rumor, a strain of beating music,
a symbol of what I have never truly left behind.

Returning home,
armed with bags of tea distilled into promise,

the chai never quite tastes the same.
Maybe I never knew how much masala was needed,

maybe I have forgotten it is not chai, but teh, here,
maybe, this is simply where I stand,

treading the lines between flight and longing.

I am drinking chai in the land of my fathers,
I am drinking chai in this land.

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from Chai: Travel Poems, track released December 20, 2012

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Neon & Wonder is a spoken word band from Singapore.

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