19 November 2018
Yinchuān, China
My mother dies
After the call I
go home
boil beans
I can’t say that here
go home
boil beans
It isn’t home
and I’m not sure
that they’re beans
In truth they are, but
I don’t want to
boil the local beans. 不要！Bú yào!1
I want to open
a tin of chickpeas
from Kakulis Sister
in Market Street, Fremantle
First published in Creatrix 56, 2022
- “No thanks.” Literally, “not want”. ↩︎
Jackson 