by Yen-Yen Lu
December 1, 2015
To My Daughter About Love
I can't tell you anything about that,but one day your journey'll stop outside a door,and you won't have time to take even...
by Yen-Yen Lu
November 24, 2015
The Protagonist
You'll remember him well as the manipulative tabby withdisembodied voice, a bona fide weirdo unfurling flashbacks andover-reactions...
by Yen-Yen Lu
November 17, 2015
Communication
I know that I know what I knowI don’t know if you know what I know.If you don’t, then should I let you know what I know?What if you w...
by Yen-Yen Lu
November 10, 2015
Fish Library
Below the gleam of this paper and the seaceiling where light gains a purchaselike an anglepoise beam off green baize,there’s a spiral...
by Yen-Yen Lu
November 3, 2015
Shhhhh
The ace is still up my sleeve.The cat is still in the bag.The rabbit is not yet away.This pole still flies no flag.There’s a bombshell burst...
by Yen-Yen Lu
October 27, 2015
Monopoly
Almost bankrupt and only recently released from jail,she owes her ten year oldfour hundred quid in rentfor landing on his new hotel in Bo...
by Yen-Yen Lu
October 20, 2015
The OK Diner
It’s fine, but it’s not Little Chef,the finer where we stop for lunch,not Grantham, or Stamford, but the Newark branch(not in New Jers...
by Yen-Yen Lu
October 13, 2015
The Bus Stop
I missed the bus, and then it was of courseToo late to catch the trainThe rain came down through the shelter roof.I sucked a cigarette...
by Yen-Yen Lu
October 6, 2015
Handshake
When I speakto my father nowhe is always wearing the sameclothes - olive greencap, matchingzip-up jacketbrown corduroysslightly too shor...
by Yen-Yen Lu
September 29, 2015
Book
I am the thought that flies in seconds through a man’s head, and lives for ever.I am all he knew; I am his wordson the other side of the world...
by Yen-Yen Lu
September 22, 2015
White Pigeons
are not doves. They do not standfor peace, but flock and swoopabove my head in the blue before dawn.
They are a liquid in the air,e...
by Yen-Yen Lu
September 16, 2015
Pirate
There was no mistaking youThough you tried to drownYour beauty in a frown Swore to swagger over your poiseTo salt your arias to the gullsI ...
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