Wednesday, August 21, 2019
‘That first day in America, she didn’t know the difference between police officers and immigration officers, or between waiting rooms and holding cells.’
‘We begged our bodies for / alchemy, death into new lungs, we fed bread / to the jinn’
“in the jungle they hide until / the seekers, bearing lime leaves jail / them in the silver night.”
‘Our apartment, our home, became an unfamiliar space. We still slept in the same queen bed, but no longer did we speak of upgrading to the capacious king. We could now easily fit two additional people in the valley of the bedsheet between us.’
I don’t teach my girls / to brave the violence of sun, sons, or stings. / When resources run out, don’t sit there and behave. / Abandon hive.
During the 1970s to the present day, Japanese American farmers and food retailers play huge roles in the development of California cuisine and farm to table movements.
For some of us, a food is not something we can so easily cast aside before finding a new fad to follow.
I am thinking / Of a burnt cathedral, which / Has nothing to do with actual death.We would like to collect information during your visit to help us better understand site use. This data is anonymized, and will not be used for marketing purposes. Read More on our Privacy Policy page. You can withdraw permission at any time or update your privacy settings here. Please choose below to continue.
