Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Borrowed Island



We are waishenren
people from outer province
more like outer space
displaced

When I say we
I mean they
my parents grandparents aunts and uncles
refugees
they thought it would be temporary
for my sake I guess thank god it wasn't
I know that's selfish

The size of Jersey
a thirty minute drive to the mainland
if they built a bridge

My parents: we are chinese
My aunts and uncles born there: we are chinese
My cousins born there: we are taiwanese
Me: uh, I am...

An island

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