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<strong>ISSUE</strong> <strong>IV</strong> 21<br />
West of the Milky Way, South of<br />
the Clouds<br />
Emerald Liu<br />
A silhouette reclines in a worn-out retro webbed chair<br />
tracing kinetic shadows<br />
scattered across the abandoned terrace tiles<br />
As the scenery of dusk sets into a jade studded<br />
lacquered night<br />
Lemonade sips leave a fugitive tang on the tongue<br />
knowing the time zone you frequent comes closer to a rising dawn<br />
where dew drops osculate the soft to deep pink petals<br />
of wild camellia shrubs<br />
that brush beside assorti swirls of polka dots on your chiffon dress<br />
as you drink your sweet Azuki shake<br />
gazing over Yuan Yang rice terraces’ liquid mirror surfaces<br />
that reflect abstract fragments of the night<br />
Separately we find ourselves sharing the same celestial scene<br />
as the Milky Way cuts through the Summer Triangle<br />
like a voluptuous barrier<br />
Stimulating a thirst for saline drops<br />
that touch the curve of your cupid’s bow<br />
more intimately<br />
than any simple tangent could<br />
Pressing your lips to the glass’s edge<br />
The venation of its imprint leaves an all too familiar pattern<br />
of taste and touch tied in stardust
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