Canto Cutie - Volume 2

day go by
Heady rush yesterday when I sampled
wistful bygones a little too excited
for noodles wilting in polystyrene
Yes please Table for two
I am keening for this lovely mirage
of normality
my tenderness is a flesh wound
the city opens its legs
when there is an opening we take it
Whomst has had enough of unprecedented times?
Feet thundering past central a collective sigh
we are moored
we are moored
day go by is a part of Reorient, a collection of poems about
reaquanting with the city and self.
About Karen Leong
Karen Leong is a writer and poet (and self-proclaimed Cantocutie)
who has stubbornly clung to her Hongkie status despite her garbled
Chinese. She regretfully only writes in the coloniser's language but
may one day be able to wield her mother tongue with more ease.
Her works mainly involve Hong Kong, Women of Colour, and her
lived experience in straddling both identities. In her spare time she
writes, scrapbooks, and waxes poetic about being an Aries. She is
published on Zami, Doof Magazine, and now, Canto Cutie.
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