Tagged: immigrant

steps behind, we may

steps behind, we may
never catch up – to the
urgency of a city
messenger, a delivery
service meeting its
weekend quota, a
breadwinner with
mouths to feed – sitting
on the couch,
debating the use
of the word immigrant
versus expatriate
.
20220123:0947
y

the calculus for

the calculus for
risk-taking has nothing to
do with math and all

to do with the privileges
you arrived with, by land, by sea
.
20211204:1505
y

somehow, we are all

somehow, we are all
americans until we
are not – immigrant

solidarity has always
been this fragile, unrooted
.
20211016:1045
y

wearing a ring for

wearing a ring for
a sense of belonging is
as real as sporting

the latest lingo, accent-
less, and still waiting to be stopped
.
20210818:0838
y

we gather in the

we gather in the
name of barbecue, seasoned
by our immigrant

preferences – every piece, cooked
low and slow, shares a story
.
20210117:1827
y

squeezed between cultures

squeezed between cultures,
not knowing which runs deeper –
ah, here comes a drop
.
20201210:0652
y

perhaps nothing good

perhaps nothing good
ever comes from an over-
seas phone call – the same

immigrant stories – reasons
to come home, reasons to stay
.
20201209:2351
y

between model

between model
minority and model
citizen is a gap –
we are trying to
fill it with everything
we know, everything we
experience, everything
that comes our way,
plagued with blind spots
perfected by society
.
20160827:0710
y

on the one hand, the

on the one hand, the
body is still
warm, covered
by this share of
earth and sun.
on the other
hand, the mind and
heart dream of
home, a rotation
of warming up
and cooling
in exile
.
20150227:0833
y

she said give

she said give
me your
tired, your poor –
no one mentioned
huddled masses of
the tattered
and torn
.
20101029:2359
y