Knife blade in moonlight,
Stink of fear on ocean breeze,
Uncle, are you there?
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His lines bold neon,
mine delicate lace. Who will
be our teacher’s pet?
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Next year all alone
No Jay, Char Siu to lean on
Just a punching bag.
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Letter in the mail
From Ridgemont Academy
Too afraid to open.
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Shave ice tingles, bites
lips, tongue, cheeks. Strawberry frost
chills all the way down.
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Black ink glides and dances,
a girl with flowing hair peeks
out. My sister? Perhaps.
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Curl of wood, easy
like butter. Shave fin, tail, nose,
eye, scale. Free the fish.
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Essay: pen scratches,
doodle, sketch, dream, shake, erase, erase,
sigh. Rather fly kite.
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The shark gnashes, swallows,
chunks slide greasily downward,
is it all a dream?
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