Bestiary

by K-Ming Chang

You ask why your grandfather once buried his gold and forgot about it, and I say his skull is full of snakes instead of brains.

Each language was worn outside her body, clasped around her throat like a collar.

Jie claims it felt like the whole earth was operating on itself, scraping back its own skin, rearranging its organs.

My mother said that keeping a clean home was a sign of wealth and keeping a husband was a sign of stupidity.