Chen-ou Liu's Translation Project: First English-Chinese Haiku and Tanka Blog

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Life as a Chinese Temp

restructuring...
my cubicle shrinks
my salary, too

look of this cashier
I set aside chips, eggs, milk...
even the rice

finding new gigs ...
in my mind's eye these faces
of landlord after landlord 

you're let go ...
this twist to the boss's mouth
in my midnight dream