Written by Violent Yan from Virginia, USA Such a fond lollipop-memory Childhood's beginnings all gummy drops Life sweet in its sugar packet A fairytale of possibility, of endless time Childhood's beginnings all gummy drops Before years march on to adolescence So that we wish for a return to a Life sweet in its sugar packet Before years march on to adolescence Barefoot dancing on shag carpet So that we wish for a return to Stress not enshrouding our shoulders Barefoot danci
Written by Christine Wang from California, USA I want to go back to the bathtub from when I was seven and honest, when the water was always too hot and I said so, loudly, before I learned that discomfort could be swallowed like bitter medicine. Back then my skin was rough as sandpaper from summer sun and scraped knees, and I wore that texture like a badge— proof that I had touched the world and let it poke me back. The bathtub held my small body like a porcelain con
