Poems
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Waiter's Friend
By Corey WakelingFirst question of my interrogation is why now, when
there’s no pressure to return to the subject of poverty.
It’s sore only when the plaster cast peels off and this desiccate
paw reveals itself the yardstick for what goes beyond the hand -
Souvenir
By Kate MiddletonWhat else fashioned from earth survives?
Bone white; fired terracotta;
trickster raven black with turquoise eyes.
The geometric autograph of pueblo. -
Turban
By L-FRESH The LIONThere’s something about the way
a member of royalty wears their crown.
The crown represents royal status. -
Windmills
By Eileen Chongfor M. Heeremans
Windmills, with their latticed, sweeping arms,
hand-painted onto miniature porcelain clogs. -
Face-washer
By Eileen ChongGeylang Methodist Chinese Church, Singapore, 1985
This cloth, a dirty pink, threadbare:
ropes of terry-white stripe its breadth -
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skin tight/worn thin
By Royce Kurmelovsthe story in these jeans is skin tight
it's the concrete dust from the rooftop you climbed
the first time you stayed up all night to watch the sunrise