22, half Japanese, half American, bachelor's in English, manifesting trauma through creativity.
Mommy Issues Dear Mama You have many identities I have come to known Over these twenty-some years You are a super mom of three
By Nana Ogburn5 years ago in Poets
The Tragedy of the Working-Class Siblings I am sorry. For not knowing you ate your lunch in the bathroom For not knowing that they were calling you “Kim Jong-un”
Myth of the Happy Working-Class Family They say having that American work ethic And overly independent nature Is a great thing to have.
A Woman Worn Down Working two jobs A server at a Japanese restaurant Desperate, trying to earn money To get away from him
A Family of Vagabonds He wanted to go to the other side of the world To escape his parents, his sister, his community.
A Man Worn Down My father started getting wrinkles around the age of forty. His eyebrows started to become blonde (not quite grey yet),