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Ipoh Pastoral

somewhere a tiger loosens its throat or so she imagines / the rubber trees looming she lifts her paring knife to the day’s throat

By Lyn Li Che
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Poetry | poetry, Poetry Tuesday
September 29, 2020

After Shirley Geok-Lin Lim

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Lyn Li Che is from Malaysia. Her poems have been published or are upcoming in River Styx, BOAAT, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Bayou Magazine, and others. She currently lives in New York City, where she works in tech strategy.

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