act i unborning myself
from a small wedding in november upon
a mythical boat restaurant
eyes glisten with exorbitant carmine and
buttered bangles tunnelling bare arms
kept yourself home with earthly
medicines on melted copper
poured a ring of salt over
melancholy like maidens whom kept
their names to each pluck of
sweetsop’s yearning crunch
act ii permission to
overthrow suppressive indignation where
the body remembers capacities
of hurt held over tightened fists to
opened orchids as my
body remembers the galaxy blossoming
yolks into supple scalp
i gather horse mane by means of violin
bows sewn into my hips rusts a
golden milk enough to know
burden through pavlov’s dog
act iii forgive me
when i become a haunted house
full of mirrored trajectories
remembering small palms dipping into an
infinity of beans
when i say i am alone i mean you were
born into an eulogy
room filled with orchestrated trumpets
blaring wildness to undulated flesh
where placed ear to earth i listen for
a small quietus of echolocation
Claudia Yang (she/her) is a trilingual earth being processing cycles through writing, performance and reconnecting with lineage. she was born + raised on unceded Coast Salish territories to Hong Kong parents, and currently a settler in Tkaronto. her forthcoming + published work can be found in Trick Magazine, Bitter Melon Poetry, Scum Mag, and Invisibilities Zine. INSTAGRAM
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