The Happy Family
By Ty Zhang
the happy family / so many brothers and sisters / now bowing out / one by one / i wonder
/ how many serfdoms averted / by enterprising women / how many clinched / by insufficient men
a known number / of oceans crossed / but sickness is the final one / and of commensurate
depth / apparently
my shadow who precedes me / my gambler’s blood / runs fickle / a grenadine blur / its
tithe exacting / however indistinct
Ty Zhang (he/him) is a Thai-American law student, writer, and political organizer based in Ohio. He writes poetry, prose, and screenplay. He is on X at @khanombang. His work has recently appeared in Assignment Literary Magazine, Progenitor Art & Literary Journal, and Meniscus.