“No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark; you only run for the border when you see the whole city running as well.”
About This Quote
Grammar modified for the new context outside of the poem. The meaning of this poem. Home is always a safe place and we'd never leave our home, unless it was something terrible, hence the metaphor "mouth of a shark." The next line has a similar meaning. You only leave the city when the whole world seems to leave; only leave comfort when other people are leaving the comfort too.
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