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The Soul’s Songbird
The proverb “心中栽下青翠树, 自有鸣鸟来驻唱” (xīn zhōng zāi xià qīng cuì shù, zì yǒu míng niǎo lái zhù chàng) translates to “plant a verdant tree within your heart, and songbirds will…
Last Words of a Larva
I stand at the loom of life and unspool my own dream-thread,waving from it a chrysalis to serve as my deathbed. I live a life minute within a minute mortal…
Essays about the Erie Canal
I got off the train at the Riverdale station, where I began to walk.I walked far into the woods, where the train tracks ran.A woman saw me, and she asked…
Duality of Identity
Nowadays, there is something strangely performative about how people build themselves. I don’t mean this in the obvious sense of social media — though that is part of it —…
Catch the Seconds
catch the seconds and nobody will noticetime fliesexecution among the painted RoseschasE the rAbbit to your Demise future full of strifeIf they are all mad Therewhat is life she will…
Short Forms
Questions“How high?”you’ll ask if a war criminal tells u to jump.“How long?”you’ll ask before enough is enough.“What bombs?”you’ll ask when the dirty work is covered and done. UselessA huge bagto…
Face your Truth
I have made a vow to myself under the oath of God to always be honest and noble hearted. So it is my sins I must bear. I have requested…
Daydreamer
For reasons unclear, maybe boredom—escape—delusion—regret No matter where I am My mind often wanders into otherworldly places Canvases where endless stories can be painted I could be the fearsome villain,…
Is Uncertainty that bad?
Four years of high school, years of undergrad, then four years of grad school. Society trains young minds to be ready for the corporate world, working a nine-to-five in an…
