after Hai Nan
I follow tracks and the lay of the land
cool my arms with irremediable emptiness
slave, slave, while drinking water I see a pretty slave
Slave : Dirge
my homeland
is not my homeland
when i return
I see it all for what it is
I see myself—
and them
for what they are.
Natasha Marin, Seattle
Hai Nan, “A Pretty Slave,” in Two Southwests. Virtual Artists Collective, 2008. ISBN 9780979882562.