My status is settled, or seems that way, what a state we are in, to need a declaration for living in this state of mind- - the-gap Britain, mind you, is that great? I have leave to remain to declare indefinitely I have to reassure to this country that I am a legal alien, endlessly, non- stop the struggle continues to settle amid separation is this settled status? the new status quo quo vadis, quo virus? quid pro quo how much can share when our papers determine us with our lives to declare over and over again, while only pieces of us remain. Ursula Troche