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Written by Alvin Su from Louisiana, USA I Remembrance - 缅怀  Monday, June 26th, 2023, Taipei   Accompanied by my father, we landed in Taiwan under a soft, grey sky. The air, thick with the smell of rain, clung to our clothes as if it too remembered things better left forgotten.   The old days are woven in like a piece of brocade with faded patches here and there,  certain memories now unclear and worn out. As I stood, the wind whispered through the willow trees like a gentle l

Written by Y. W. from Canada Every July 12th, she bakes chocolate cake.  His favorite.  The same recipe.  The same chipped plate.  She places it on the table beside his last postcard from Vietnam: “Sun’s brutal here. Don’t worry, Ma. Love you.”  Upstairs, his room is still neat: model planes dusted, socks folded, bed made military-tight. She lights a single candle.  Waits.  By midnight, the cake remains untouched.  She eats a slice.  She chews slowly, like if she eats slow en

Written by Cindy Miao from Maryland, USA you’re wearing the yellow jacket your daughter lent you  despite her protests, you say, it’s my time to go  your knees shake as you climb aboard the bus, and as it pulls away years fall from your shoulders, folding away into city dissonance  despite her protests, you said, it’s my time to go  raging fire against your mother’s watery eyes, home spilled down her cheeks years fell from your shoulders, folding away into city dissonance wou