Bryan Thao Worra

A friend warned me the other day
Not to write about the zelkova
Or I might come back as one
And find myself cut into furniture
Just as things start to get interesting.
The other day the zelkova warned me
Not to worry about my friends
Or I might stay human
And find myself cutting furniture
Just as things start to get interesting.
This poem first appeared in Issue 1 (Nov. 2007) of Cha