Anhvu Buchanan
Ears ( Joy Luck Club Erasure)
I bit back my tongue.
among strangers
my name
held the sun’s fire
I saw only white
my
ears whispered secrets
Shh! Shh!
sacrifice
and
lean away from the wind
Source & Method
Erasure: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.
Anhvu Buchanan is the author of The Disordered (sunnyoutside press). He currently teaches in San Francisco and can be found online at www.anhvubuchanan.com
