hilary 16’                                                                                                                          

All alive because Daddy’s dead,

Virginia Woolf, De Beauvoir and Cixous

lay in unison over my pillow.

Ma's in the living room, hollering at the debt

all alive because Daddy’s dead.

I read three hours a thousand pages. 

I exult in pride. I’ll finish my papers.

Ma's in the living room, griping about granny`s bed

all alive because Daddy’s dead.

Ma suddenly exits the living room.

Room, according to her, a mess. Take broom.

Shrieks, curses in sour hokkien, usual threat.

"Ma, just stop. I’m watching Hilary first."

"You also not from America. Hilarious."