Wednesday, February 24, 2016

New Man in Town



To delete as many stories 
as possible,
to erase each foot and print,
to shave every hair of memory,
I stood beneath the arch in Chinatown.

Call me Chung, call me hey, call me whatever you like,
I am nobody, just another walking body with slant eyes
looking for a job, the job of forgetting who I am,
short of hitting my head into coma.

I am here! San Francisco,
Take me as your son!
I offer my wife beaten heart,
a bit useless
but still warm and beating.

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