The first day of fall begins with the sound of wishbone. We gather at grandfather’s house, sit around him and touch his steel toe boot to our foreheads. He would ask each and everyone to spell his Chinese name in the language of red, white and blue. He would then test our multiplication table in [...]
BIGOTS IN BERMUDA SHORTS Chicken lol lipop legs, usually talks to themselves, I caught one of them feeling page 285 of the king Jame’s bible on their cheek, she was a left hander from Cape Arago, sweet tomato cheeks, full bred, built like a mailbox, her children smell like irish spring, husband is a seaman, [...]
dreamt the sun was in my mouth, laughter filling gap and gapless, woke up leaving an impression of burn on the sheets, the front door was left unlocked, today I will trace the filament to someone’s doorstep. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5AaucJvC84?rel=0&w=545&h=360] 00
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the red door opens the broken latch pushes back and thumb cries to be looked at. it is blue. the blue that blankets the air at night when father turns on all the lights and is looking for his lighter, he thinks we hid it from him again. He pushes our mattress upwards, with our [...]
(From a Paperboat Writers writing prompt | 10 Minutes Go!) We looked everywhere, followed a cloud, spoke in tongues, gave the lady behind the counter a peso, told her coins from Asia are worth more. They’re smarter over there, when it rains, they use grocery bags as umbrellas, plastic handles over ears, makes them smart. [...]
The loudest of storms that had my name on it, it is now over. It lasted 11 years. I can come down from the trees and spread my wings and be and be and be for you and you and you. If you want to know what this post is about, just send me a [...]
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I’m waking up a lot earlier now. Maybe it’s because of the winter months here in Oregon. Every morning, since the beginning of the new year I get up make myself some Iron Goddess Tea bought from a friend’s tea house in town. I go back and forth from Iron Goddess and Lapsong Suchong. It [...]
