“Perhaps to burn is the most basic Purification there is. Time said: You must transform to survive. We said: Not over our dead body. What can we call a country that destroys Itself just because it can? A nation that would char Rather than change? Our only word for this is Home.” HomeAmericaPoetryChangePoemBurningSurvivingTransformingPurificationCharring Book:Call Us What We Carry Source: Call Us What We Carry