In the Supermarket Parking Lot, Fires Burning in the Distance
Susan L. Lin
Hair grieves, I discover,
when the breeze blames me,
when the seas frame me,
when the teas, still packaged, drain me.
Pears leave & I take cover,
when the trees flame me,
when their pleas came free,
when the peas, still frozen, shame me.
As even the smoke flees...
the woods bake me
& I swallow their pain:
I wallow in their veins.
Susan L. Lin is a Taiwanese American storyteller who lives in southern California. Her novella Goodbye to the Ocean won the 2022 Etchings Press novella prize, and her published literary/visual art can be found at susanllin.com.
