My Name Will Grow Wide Like a Tree by Yi Lei

Author:Yi Lei [Lei, Yi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 2020-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

6. Invitation

When it arrived, I was interrupted by relief,

Sitting in my rattan chair, feeling the wind ease in

Through the holes in my life.

I only said yes because of his dissertation. Friends,

Nothing more. He talked—about modernism,

Black humor. But always at a remove from reality.

Why didn’t he ask me anything?

Tender and petulant, he struck me as cute,

But at heart, only a well-behaved boy.

He offered his arm. Elegant, decent, gallant.

But how can I be a woman

If he is a child? What can come of that union?

Can any of us save ourselves? Save another?

You didn’t come to live with me.

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