Sang Yong sighs His calm visage leaning to a frown Pen marking the page of a word unknown A phrase devoid of context. Twenty-five years part of one world Twenty-five years part of another And while he has spent years here struggling to learn The base culture beyond the vocabulary, his peaceful rate of speech …
Category Archives: 2018
Evaldes
I’m jealous of the ant Crawled up from the grass where we are laying In a public park where we are having a private moment Dogs racing down the hill to catch thrown balls and Pause Near to us smiling as only dogs can No judgment as I lie back his arm beneath my neck …
Had You Let Me Love You
Had you let me love youI would’ve been home by now,Cooking you something light and quickLaughing on something we had seen in passing Oyster sauce, my bad chopstick techniqueCrumb at your lip, tongue tipSweet corn, plum sauce, oyster dip What might have we seen,Walking dogs, talkingLaughter on trails, squirrels stalkingMisspoken words, gentle mocking And laughing.Or …