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Black seeds spill like clusters of eyes, wet and crying.
The first hot bite of freshly cooked rice, plump and nutty, makes me imagine the taste of ripe papaya although one has nothing to do with the other.
Mother says, People share when they know they have escaped hunger. Shouldn’t people share because there is hunger?
Then by chance Mother learns sponsors prefer those whose applications say “Christians.” Just like that Mother amends our faith, saying all beliefs are pretty much the same.
Glass Glass-es All day I practice squeezing hisses through my teeth. Whoever invented English must have loved snakes. August 17
People living on others’ goodwill cannot afford political opinions.
Mostly I wish I were still smart.
Whoever invented English should have learned to spell.
No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama.
Someone pulls my hair, forcing me to turn and see a black hole in a pink face: Boo-Da, Boo-Da Girl. My palms cover my eyes. I run. All the while surging from my gut: fire sourness weight anger loneliness confusion embarrassment shame. November 7
Oh, my daughter, at times you have to fight, but preferably not with your fists.
Father won’t leave if we hold on to him. If you feel like crying, think at least now we know. At least we no longer live in waiting. January 17
if every learner waits to speak perfectly, no one would learn a new language. Being stubborn won’t make you fluent. Practicing will! The more mistakes you make, the more you’ll learn not to.
