POSEURS ON A SATURDAY MORNING

Carrie Chang

Sitting with my stuffed pig 

In the red drawing chair, on

A Sunday afternoon, when

The curli-q wisps of blue afterthoughts

Rolled in from Pacifica, I thought

To shut the screen door, where

Sere ghosts bat to and fro

Like digital pixels on a Disney screen,

Some tiger-balm in the closet, wafting

In the nostrils, like an illusory dream,

As if a lady of 40 could be 16;

Those pearls of nostrum, could

Be well-worn, like bleached concessions

Of years, well-shone; like piglet tails

Which scringe with power, and curl

With destiny, to appear bit dour,

My loose hair rods well under

Barrettes, and sometimes

Flusters into nets: some old-time

Party of mousse and oils, and

Lovejoy pardons for the

Chinese girls.

 

Carrie Chang is the editor of this fine journal. She is the author of “Monkey-town,” and “Fairytale Origami” and has a fetish for egg-foo-yung, among other wowsy ambrosia. She is a descendent of Anhui, and enjoys eating raisins for breakfast. It’s yum!

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