The Bite of Momordica charantia
There is a lyrical moment in a poem that reports the mashing of names and the misnaming of persons. This is not it:
it happens all the time.This is it.
it's in the name.
it's in the face.
orientals so hard to tell apart.
our faces,And the poem goes on to further celebrate further acts of resistance.
strong, brown,
different as
the bumps
on the skin of
bittermelon.
our tongues,
sharp and fragrant
as ginger,
"It's In The Name" by Kitty Tsui in The Words of a Woman Who Breathes Fire
And so for day 1552
14.03.2011
