The Dreamer
Updated: 4 days ago
I. potatoes
hungry bonfires
gaping dragon maws and red hot eyes
he slashes the earth, plays cat and mouse chasing
that final drop of sweat
his body is shaped by cicada years and freshly caught
crabs and the lack of chocolate
a taste he still does not enjoy
school comes first but
soccer follows and when he plays he can almost
kick the bridge of the moon
and take the ropes of moonlight
and bask in the celestial glory knowing that he is
a certified future and
when the game ends,
his hungry mind returns to
ember-fueled studies
piping-hot he burns the fields down
he consumes the sun to work
another day
II. trains
he goes to a place
untouched by his brothers and sisters
separated only by a few hundred miles and
the disappearance of fresh morning dew
he learns the taste of mapo tofu
spicy is new but so are the days of
closed doors in the library and open gates in the city
he becomes a new man,
meets mama and is wed in three months
plows through university
research in Hawai’i and purple sweet potatoes are good but
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