off into infinity
Mom! I'm coming home
Moon Festival ...
the attic and I share
a day of rest
running away
from myself and my shadow
the smell of formalin
grief knocks
the wind out of me
drifting snowflakes
New Year's dinner for one
I pick up the chopsticks
and yet … and yet …
Notes:
1 The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival in the West, is the second most important festival celebrated by the Chinese people, and it is held on the 15th day of the 8th month in the Chinese calendar, during a full moon.
2 "formalin: a clear solution of formaldehyde in water. A 37% solution is used for fixing and preserving biologic specimens for pathologic and histologic examination."
NeverEnding Story, August 14th, 2013
1 The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival in the West, is the second most important festival celebrated by the Chinese people, and it is held on the 15th day of the 8th month in the Chinese calendar, during a full moon.
2 "formalin: a clear solution of formaldehyde in water. A 37% solution is used for fixing and preserving biologic specimens for pathologic and histologic examination."
NeverEnding Story, August 14th, 2013