“Sea Drawing I: Tung Lo Wan Road”, excerpted from Hong Kong 20/20 (Hong Kong: Blacksmith Books, 2017)

 light #eedd82  sunlight by 3 pm

  early may’s summer

29 C

misty 7-11                                                                                                                  
misty fairwood
misty fishball stall                                                           misplaced royal poinciana
misty baby product store                    

  no traffic
tung lo wan road

 
deep breath ten feet under

  when all lives are young
bathing in the sun
golden victoria park
murmurs

sun seen through glass
suffering on ground floor
lives folded towards
victoria harbour

        “Jesus loves you”

folded high-rises
folded central library
folded clouds
folded prairies             towards
victoria harbour

                         folded people
stand up
opening a hand
towards
their mountains

 
words take off

victoria harbour floods
 swallows take off