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Illustration by Arty Guava (Lay Hoon)
did…..the…. night
nurse………. know
what…i..dreamt of
in……the…….hall
of……the……ward
where…………you
were……….dying?
it was trees, these
tall……..stretched
souls,…thin…blue
ribbons..afloat..in
the ..evening.. air
and... you, ..lucid
again,…watching
me the same way
the….old….forest
watches…………a
…..ceremony
of…………beggars
calling..all..night
for……………rain.
Grace Liu (she/her) is a Chinese-Canadian writer based in Vancouver, BC. Her work focuses on intergenerational histories, language, and the diasporic body. She also appears in publications such as Room Magazine and the Cordite Poetry Review.