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Tammy Ho Lai-Ming is a Hong Kong-born writer currently based in London, UK. She edited Hong Kong U Writing: An Anthology (2006) and co-edited Love & Lust (2008). Formerly, she also served as poetry editor for Word Salad Poetry Magazine and Sotto Voce Magazine. She is a founding co-editor of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. More at www.sighming.com
Clichéd Love
"Do you know I love you, as much as I can
in such a short time?" But I say: you're a blind man.
It is clichéd love: strangers meet and fall in love.
A big guy, shy about your beard, six feet tall.
You do boys' things: video games, gym, football.
But you write a little, too, enjoy rediscovering words.
Now, you find me a possible muse for your pelican verse.
It is clichéd love: strangers meet and fall in love.
You write me into your poems: I am a shooting star,
a hooked fish, I'm callous, whimsical, scarred.
I am to dance, wordlessly, under the sea.
In one incarnation, I am a woman to be kissed.
One million things you see through me, and each you say
is true. I must be a monster. An imagery buffet.
It is clichéd love: strangers meet and fall in love.
Go on, write then. Write like a poet; eat me, use me.
Until one day you finish your sweet sauvage, then flee.
It is love: strangers meet and fall in love.
© Tammy Ho Lai-Ming
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