Alison Wong
a bowl of plain steamed rice
a piece of bitter dark chocolate
a slice of crisp peeled pear
a mother or father who understands
the kitchen is the centre of the universe
children who sail out on long elliptical orbits
and always come back, sometimes like comets, sometimes like moons
From Cup; and appeared in Issue 5 (Nov. 2009) of Cha
Filed under : EDITION : Special Cha Edition