I started this piece by recreating the cheongsam I remember wearing as a kid. The spaces between the original fabric form the character 美, meaning beautiful. 美 also references the term for the United States, 美国, meaning “beautiful country”.
Read Morebut i don’t know who i am and maybe / i never will. / is this how it happens? / the victim, martyr, and savior / all together / i won’t be wasted, i won’t be lied to / either / if you’re going to paint me, / at least make me / beautiful /at least say i’m something worth / dying for
Read MoreYou check under your tongue, find only / shame. / It is bitter. / In the face of this, the silence is / /deafening. It fades away. White noise. It still / buzzes in your ear. The price of nothing.
Read Morewe wear secrecy like runway vogue, confidence and courage dripping down our bodies and reflecting the neon life around us.
Read Moreher hands moved with grace— deliberate and smoothly and her hands would tug the paper to create a small birdlike creature.
Read MoreWe watch the same movie.
Why do you like it so much?
I like what it believes in.
And what does it believe in?
People.
The screen fades black. I am with my people.
Read MoreMemory isn’t continuous. It starts and stops, fades to black before its technicolor light flashes back into thought. The only memories worth keeping in our heads are the scenes that directors choose to put into movies—the few minutes that carry the weight of all our grievances and triumphs.
Read MoreTo him, immigration was a chance to make something of himself in the realm of capitalism; his Gatsby-Esque green light winked at him from the end of Daisy’s dock.
Read Morei say your name/ and it feels like/ i’m robbing you/ your life / some testament/ nothing we fight for/ will ever be worth it
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Read Morethey charge double for the stars/ supernova potential cuts pockets of / light into space/ the dark swallows them whole by dawn
Read Morei am my own victim / i am becoming my own choice / fight club but i’m gone before i can talk about it
Read Morei was four years old / the first time i realized/ that no matter what name i gave it / my favorite doll/ would never look like me.
Read MoreThe media’s representation of diverse cultures and ethnicities is important because it gives people, especially those identifying to minority groups, a greater sense of purpose and belonging.
Read Moreand i can’t help / but stare through a mirror / but pass right through a wall / but say / “you look like the last piece of sky / before night falls”
Read Moreonce she goes home / she stares out her window in the dead of night / the slivers of moonlight slip through the blinds / caressing her cheek.
Read Morei have yet to tame the history that weighs / heavy in my bones, / the heritage that is decadent and burdensome in its flavor.
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