nai nai – Lucy Yang
drooping belly afternoon sun damp tunic handsewn wispy scalp a shelf of birds knobbed knuckles pressed in my palm tomato and egg stir-fried stew pittle and tears in lines on skin toothless grin early goodbyes bags filled shoes tied sliver between door and frame she waits I wave
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Lucy Yang (she/her) writes and teaches on the traditional and unceded territories of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Her work has appeared in literary and education publications, exploring feminist diasporic identities and pedagogy. She holds degrees in English literature and secondary education at The University of British Columbia.