A.C. Ahn's Blog, page 8
June 14, 2017
Buried in the Clouds
Having a dream is like seeking revenge. Holding on to either one for too long— not knowing when to let go— will produce the same end of bitter emptiness.
April 18, 2017
Lonely
A modern-day tablet was in Ms. Lonely’s hands —an extension of the drums in her ears and the cornea in her eyes. Her hair thinned with each virtual page turned, the color of her scalp and cheek were one the same. With a light blue dress shirt and starburst red pants she was boisterous, yet […]
April 10, 2017
Pretending (at 4th & King Street Station)
He preached, begged, coiled, screamed, teached, said: unspeakable things. The receiver melted in his tight grasp as those around heard, “At last, at last!” Tears of joy flowed down his beard, muffled sobs masked behind his cheers. The payphone smiled wearing child’s teeth, keys zero and one detached with relief. Suddenly he jerked, waking from […]
April 2, 2017
Dichotomy
It was the best of times, but people were hungry, it was the age of wisdom, but fools ran the country, it was the epoch of belief but faith had us divided, it was the season of light, but justice had been blinded, it was the spring of hope, but minds filled with doubt, we […]
March 28, 2017
22nd Street
On the pillars of bridges graffiti grows like moss and vines on old tree trunks painting over green from years ago. It’s a different kind of jungle with identical ecosystems of daily dangers and constant corrode. Death dances— as a pigeon flattens here a parrot eaten there; And Life laughs from a simple, “Thanks.”
February 2, 2017
And We Will Try Again (Endless Ends)
An instinct of guilt trickles down my body from head to earth ceaselessly to this day I have grown accustomed forgotten its origins clenched my teeth with eyes digging deep into memory past Our mother slaves in the kitchen blessed with children ringed with vast potential only to be squandered by hopes and dreams […]
January 19, 2017
ALIBABA JOINS FORCES TO FIGHT COUNTERFEITING
THE ANTI-COUNTERFEITING ALLIANCE POOLS TOGETHER INDUSTRY LEADERS TO COMBAT FAKE GOODS USING BIG DATA AND TECHNOLOGY. By Chadwick Ahn on January 16, 2017 Alibaba Group announced that it is forming a 20-member alliance of industry-leading companies to contest the sale of counterfeit products. Influential companies such as Samsung, Shiseido, Swarovski and Louis Vuitton have joined […]
January 11, 2017
The City of Eminence
Above the city of supposed eminence they watch, perched like winged beasts, obese with indolence forgotten by its makers of wood and steel. They clutter skylines like dead lights on trees, mapping a constellation of vigilant insecurities for apathetic eyes to ignore. Long overdue for seasons upon seasons, the ancient relics lost their […]
December 15, 2016
A New Beginning
It’s the same every year with the waves crashing the shore —endlessly until the sound means nothing anymore. What once provided rapture has now worn down and dulled —dreadfully leaving futures in the hands of Skuld. The countdown passes by and we remain in the sand, ankles deep —stationary waiting for our resolutions […]
November 30, 2016
Strange
Isn’t it strange? To have an animal that snarls and begs and howls attempt to walk across your slippery wooden floors, as if it belongs the click clack following each step as it aimlessly prowls calling attention to its claws on all fours. Isn’t it strange? To give this creature a name in an alien […]
