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Jiwoo Park
Don’t you dare peel your skin off
For we wish to see you flee in flounder
Lock up your tongues in caskets, sink it underwater
Sink it underwater, your piercing shriek of pain
Only the ripples of anguish shall reach home
Peking ducks will bid you a goodbye
On the dock
Suck your yellow blood out
Rip the curses off of your black hair
The trails will lead us out of disaster
From the recipe which you have written
Resilience is a sin in our nation
As silence is what feeds us
Cover up your bruises with badges of honor
You would rather be hated than dead.
Our beloved chinks and gooks,
Bear with us
Until we move onto another.
Probably never
We’ve been here all along.
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