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If you lived an eternity in each moment, he wondered,why wouldn’t that mean you’d only ever live for a single … More

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She remembered that day, that one so long agoit seemed it was a dream, and that fond embraceso hard it … More

Dreaming, he recollected the building as his old high school.Floating on air, he was transported into a classroom there.On the … More

My heart movingBy and with youSomeone to play withA joy to say withLet’s playAgain and againLove’s replayLet us play Up … More

Tonight I’m looking through Mom’s old address book, pages worn and browned,some so brittle the dog-eared corners disintegrate as I … More

About a year before it happened, when we were talking about his memoir,he told me he was “feeling a little … More

I dream of my father today, the Battle of the Bulge,begun on this date in 1944, the fiercest European Theaterengagement … More

I went to 7-Eleven this morning and found myself standing in the checkout line behind a police officer. Now me, … More

I’m standing next to my Uncle Wonnie. He’s peering through a viewing slot in the bunker. The opening is about six inches, … More

I don’t know you, but I’ll go ahead and guessoddly, measure you out in teaspoons, tick-tock,another spoon and dip and … More

The mail I sent to myself from Koreacame to Hawai‘i slower than I’d guessed.I am no longer there, I’m now … More

I’m back in Korea, the birthplace of my father’s parents,which means I’m again seeing people everywherewho appear as though they … More

Old women here bend over trash cans searching for recyclablesjust as they do back home, these aged, frail women who … More

If you exist but have no friends, no circle of friends, are you a simply a dot? I was asked … More

When you’re sleep deprived, you know right away you’ll be benched the next day, which hurts especially when the season’s … More

That X restaurant must be good because a lot of X eat there?As in: That Chinese/Korean/Japanese restaurant must be goodbecause … More

Someone’s stumbling on the prayerEveryone tripping on the wayThey’d sew me a new coatWhere the treadle machine’s storedHoping we don’t … More

My pond’s overrun by guppies again, and at perhaps 2000 gallons, it’s not a small one. . . . a … More

For me it was like picking up a can of teargas,then huffing it – remembering paint and glue and you.Not … More

“Isn’t that cute?” “Uh huh.” I’m sure it’s a question of time, that love may conquer all, but behind my … More