A home above the year's seasons br home of children animals and apples br a square of empty space br under an absent star br br home was the telescope of childhood br the skin of emotion br a sister's cheek br branch of a tree br br the cheek was extinguished by flame br the branch crossed out by a shell br over the powdery ash of the nest br a song of homeless infantry br br home is the die of emotion br home is the cube of childhood br br the wing of a burned sister br br leaf of a dead treebr br Zbigniew Herbertbr br