Anger, Is It an Enemy or a Friend?
Janet Jiahui Wu
the heat of my blood strong enough to bulldoze a brand new lineage of the remaining
Amazon rain forest
the clock of my poor head ticking ticking ticking ticking ticking ticking
the stones of my shoulders split open
the deaf and mute of my limbs cradling the valley of my soul that went down down
down and
down
the river of my sins surging and swirling with the dam of my unthinking
annihilating seeds and sprouts of repentance and means
to extricate myself
so the shadow of my sleep trampled by sturdy herds of mad-eyed wildebeests
melted into the morning birds full of songs
but still
at remembering
five and fifty thousand armies marching over mountains of my ineffection
laying useless and befouled
the putrid bowels
of my wasted earth
Flash Issue 7
Janet Jiahui Wu writes and makes art. She has published in various publications of literature such as Plumwood Mountain, Cordite, Rabbit, SFPJ, etc. She lives and works in Sydney.