Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Pig
10 words
Hot. Long time ago, no mo AC. Play water gun.
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Pig
for Joe
You devoured our stories and poems. You are teaching still. —– Two hands resting on your cane. The Godfather of Grammar. —– 12-words Pain in da ass. Writer. Drinker. Da…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dog
Uncle’s Advice, pt. 2
Part 1 So what da buggah said? Coach said, “Can try again if I like.” You see. Can. No use. No can. I no can. Remembah da book, you used…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dog
Uncle’s Advice
So what da buggah said? Coach said, “Can try again if I like.” You see. Can. No use. No can. I no can. Remembah da book, you used to like?…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dog
Uncle and Honeymoon Shrimp
Ho las’ night me and Aunty went Wo Fat and order honeymoon shrimp. What’s dat? Dey take one broccoli, you like broccoli eh? And den dey make one slit in…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dog
Uncle Saves May Day
Boy, wassamattah? I no can skip. Fo what you gotta skip. Maybe hop or jump. But skip no need. Fo da May Day Maypole Dance. Try show me. I no…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dog
Kau Yuk
You play basketball eh? Yeah, but we junk. I evah told you our basketball team went from last place to first? Cause of Kau Yuk. Like da red pork? Dats…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Dog
Helping Ah Po to Her Feet
Long time ago, girls only good fo marry off. Like one ox. Can work or can sell. If you no can work, you gotta marry. Maybe if his family rich,…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rooster
Chinese New Year
—Uncle, when is Chinese New Year? “Ah-so, little Gas-hoppah. Lemme consult my calendah…” —You gotta consult da lunar calendar? “All kine calendar gotta consult. Chinese New Year sometimes January, sometimes…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rooster
Auntie Visits The Cemetary
“Which one is Mother? How you know das her name? Long time ago get all kine rules: who can go graveyard, who no can. Depend on how old you stay….