A/N: My English class is strange. We write Modern Cantebury Tales, discuss pigboys and Beowulf, play Shakespearean Charades, and, most recently, write fanfiction for The Continue Reading
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The Case of the Vanishing Cats
Warning: please take the following content with a grain of salt. I am not a cat psychologist, I do not own a cat, I’ve hardly Continue Reading
Asphodel
(Feeling a bit maudlin) Since you were young and dressed in pink With princess crown atop your head And fairy wand in your sticky hands Continue Reading
The Teething Incident
When I was younger, I bit my brother. That sounds far worse than it actually was. My top teeth had barely begun to grow and Continue Reading
Your F(l)at Highnesses
Once upon a time, there was a father who, wanting everything for his two perfect daughters, gave them everything they could ever ask for. His Continue Reading
brought in on wings of bird and wind
Brought in on wings of bird and windFrom caves of deepest marsh.Within the midst of swarms of flocks Yet at the head—alone. My carrier—she flies Continue Reading
Elegy of a White Dwarf
The dark a s f a r a s e y e c o u l d s e e I shout i t r Continue Reading
Above and Beyond
There’s “above and beyond,” and then there’s “above and beyond” in China. All of my generation in China seem to go so above and beyond Continue Reading
Not a Real Chinese
By all accounts, my Chinese is good. My accent is almost indistinguishable from what it should be; I can always follow spoken words so long Continue Reading
Hand Sizes
When my brother and I were younger, we’d dogpile onto our parents’ massive bed every bright weekend morning and laze around doing just lots of Continue Reading