Poems

Three foot of her waitedby the deep dairy fridgetoo short to grab her flavouritewaits with a foreigner’s patienceuntil a boy, a little olderdug her choiceding the deli doorpink bathers & sandy feetleap to the runny sun

Many years agothe blossom trees barea minor French diplomat invited meto dinner at a restaurant inthe Beijing backstreetsthe French Ambassador held courtfull of advice and rice winetoasting the party officialswho drank like pond fish Outside the moon was fat,I caught two young loverskissing in the alleywhere, during the day,tourists shopped for Chineseantiquities made next door…