June 2019

My grandmother was born in a city called [宜兰]

Despite its name, no orchids grow there

Five of my six aunts have names ending in [兰]

My mother’s full name is [little wind]

Orchid seeds are distributed by land, water & wind

One of my...

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In Calgary
I saw a man marry money
Who giveth this money?
the commissioner asked
The man said
Everyone who works for me
The commissioner asked
Where are they? I don’t hear them declare it
The man said That’s not their job
You do yours

Do you take this money
the...

Dear sip, dear shotgun, dear pound:
beneath the house, the kegs roll in;
the party flips its switches down.

When drunk comes, it comes as sound,
a chord, a liftoff. I ride the rim,
dear sip, dear shotgun, dear pound.

He could be anyone, and he...