commonwealth
common wealth
common weal
commonstealth
common steal
empire
imperial empress
impress lands where
sun never sets
flagrant em pyre
colonial protectorates
breached
smoke sugar cloth
bodies broken
stolen
departing
de parting
outward bound
de ported
de parted
possession
dis possession
over seers
overseas
dominium
Latinate (no accident that)
dominant language
outcast
cast out
outer caste
out lying
lying
em pyre
far flung
flung far
farewell
fare well
welfare
cast away
outer cast
holocaust
commonwealth
common wealth
commonstealth
common steal
commonhealth
common heal
Lynnda Wardle was born in Johannesburg and has lived in Glasgow since 1998. Her own experiences of family, adoption, and immigration are the material she draws on when telling stories about identity and belonging. Her work has appeared in various publications including Glasgow Review of Books, Gutter, New Writing Scotland, thi wurd, New Orleans Review, PENning Magazine, and the Tales From a Cancelled Country Anthology. She is currently completing an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow and working on a novel about Scottish emigration to Africa in the 1800’s. She can be found at https://twitter.com/lynndawardle5https://www.lynndawardle.com/
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