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Home is many different things to all of us. Four walls, an apartment, a condo, a tent, a culvert, a piece of plastic tarp. Affordable housing, a basic human right, should be available to all.

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HOME IS a bed to sleep in
where you can cook food
floors that squeak
that motel there
HOME IS this heated garage
a bathroom to wash up in
my pup tent by the lake
somewhere to eat in peace
HOME IS shared with family and friends
my 10 by 6 foot room, no window
a piece of cardboard to sleep on
the tic toc of a wall clock
HOME IS a safe place to come to each night
our cave in a cliff outside town
something I only dream about
wherever my dog and I can sleep undisturbed

HOME IS a reflection of you
a quiet space away from the craziness
what they stole from us a long time ago
wherever I can hide
HOME IS a place to fill with love
my blue Dodge van
under a piece of plastic
a corrugated metal shack I built myself
HOME IS two rooms that eight of us share
under that fir tree
a wagon
our rotting house on the reserve
HOME IS a big old tent tied to a tree
a hot air grill
only a memory
under the bleachers in the park

HOME IS a hole in the ground by the tracks
where you can close the door
my car parked on a side street
a rolled up newspaper to rest your head on
HOME IS a suitcase on wheels
my friend’s couch
a tarp stretched over a shoppin cart
somewhere I ran away from
a refrigerator cardboard box
HOME IS a tarp stretched over a shopping cart
where you can keep all your stuff
family and friends
a bus stop bench
HOME IS where you can be yourself, as you are
a cage I rent each night to stay safe
a three walled room in a condemned building
a place you keep neat and tidy

HOME IS nowhere
an abandoned truck in the dump
under this picnic table
a piece of plastic to roll up in
HOME IS where I can raise my children
an overhang under a bridge
a downtown doorway
a dream
HOME IS my spot outside church door
where you can sit in peace
a suitcase on wheels
a place I can never return to

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from DISPLACED​/​MISPLACED, track released February 14, 2017
Words, vocals & violin: Norman Nawrocki. Interviewee: Niel LaDode (Foreign Temporary Workers Association, Montréal)

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Norman Nawrocki Montreal, Québec

Norman Nawrocki is a Canadian Polish/Ukrainian violinist & composer based in Montreal, Quebec. A veteran of the city’s underground music scene & also tours internationally. Since 1986, he's released 33 albums (solo & with his many bands like Rhythm Activism, DaZoque!, Bakunin’s Bum, SANN, Wild Plains, Crocodile!) & has 35 compilations. He's also an author & a playwright. ... more

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