Tonight, when you return, you / will be an American and I will still be a girl who needs / a translator to read in my mother’s language, my mouth full / of so few shapes. I fall into the habits of my mother, it’s true.
Asian American Writers’ Workshop
112 W 27th Street, Suite 600
New York, NY 10001
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