Dec 28, 2021
To All My Friends, May Yang
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To All My Friends, May Yang
What are you? Where are you from? What did you come from?
i am a potent flower stringing out your mind on the line after line from the womb of a history birthed from white memory i am American i am good at forgetting
— Hauntie (May Yang), from “A Simple Trajectory,” To Whitey & the Cracker Jack
To All My Friends
By May Yang
That I could be this human at this time
breathing, looking, seeing, smelling
That I could be this moment at this time
resting, calmly moving, feeling
That I could be this excellence at this time
sudden, changed, peaceful, & woke
To all my friends who have been with me in weakness
when water falls rush down my two sides
To all my friends who have felt me in anguish
when this earthen back breaks between the crack of two blades
To all my friends who have held me in rage
when fire tears through swallows behind tight grins
I know you
I see you
I hear you
Although the world is silent around you
I know you
I see you
I hear you
May Yang, from “Make Me Human or Give Me Death”
That I could be this human at this time breathing, looking, seeing, smelling That I could be this moment at this time resting, calmly moving, feeling That I could be this excellence at this time sudden, changed, peaceful, & woke To all my friends who have been with me in weakness when water falls rush down my two sides To all my friends who have felt me in anguish when this earthen back breaks between the crack of two blades To all my friends who have held me in rage when fire tears through swallows behind tight grins I know you I see you I hear you Although the world is silent around you I know you I see you I hear you
May Yang
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In honor of Thanksgiving as a Time of Gratitude:
To All My Friends
May Yang
by HAUNTIE
That I could be this human at this time
breathing, looking, seeing, smelling
That I could be this moment at this time
resting, calmly moving, feeling
That I could be this excellence at this time
sudden, changed, peaceful, & woke
To all my friends who have been with me in weakness
when water falls rush down my two sides
To all my friends who have felt me in anguish
when this earthen back breaks between the crack of two blades
To all my friends who have held me in rage
when fire tears through swallows behind tight grins
I know you
I see you
I hear you
Although the world is silent around you
I know you
I see you
I hear you