The murmuring of nobles filled the theatre. The stage was unfamiliar: marbled floors, stone pillars that seemed to reach the heavens, rounded ceilings adorned with paintings of Gods and Goddesses ... [+]
I used to be shiny. I used to be plump. I used to be ready to bounce and float to my heart's content. I was made to please: blown up with the air of a smiling clown, and twisted to become an animal of ... [+]
The door slammed shut as the kid, a teenager soon to graduate high school, leaves the house. This isn't an old house, nor is it a new one. It has been there for what seems like ages surrounded by the ... [+]
I wonder if black children
are tender headed because of ghost follicles
rooted long long
...
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Mom came to America, hungry for a slice of the American dream. Her first bite was a man from Texas, a recent divorcée who was sweet, with an aftertaste of debt. Still, America was the "shining City ... [+]
Holi of hypocrites
I use tears of abandoned....
Blue is mah color...
I play Holi
...
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It was the end of summer.
The sun grew into a large, old asphalt ball that tardily melted down. Waves of heat rose off the ground, and the figures of Nguyet and her aged horse weaved slowly within
...
[+]
Never mind the flying daggers, the billow of crows
tugging the glazed horizon. Songs of witches
...
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"The fifth wave of Covid is hitting Hong Kong. Over 12,000 confirmed cases awaiting hospitalization. People rushed to public hospitals by different public transports." The news report from my ‘living ... [+]
do you still think of me
the way I think of you?
a lost friend, a fallen fate,
a far-off
...
[+]
1) It is late-night, and nearly morning, you're returning home with an oil light. It warms your cold left hand. You think it as usual: it's better than none. You start to count how much you just ... [+]
It is a sweet night, with good sleep,
That I have been a year
Not hopping in the dream, but
...
[+]
there's this girl who visits me
i call her Gwen.
i don't know where she came from
but there
...
[+]
The Chinese New Year was approaching. The muffled chimes of the temple bell froze in the air. The eerie orange hue of the sky mingled with the light cyan mist. Few pedestrians ducked their heads like ... [+]
