i don't know how to say this
in a way you won't misconstrue;
the truth is:
i'm deeply in love with you.
i am chinese in the same way a jackalope is a rabbit;
undeniably so, but not quite.
and i am white in the same way a palm tree is a tree;
at first, you know it is,
and then you're not quite sure,
and then you realize all along it is.
some people think the world is ending.
it is odd, narrow. the world may end,
but we will keep on living,
for we will do what we always have done.
(the world may end,
but there are still dishes
to do in the meantime.)