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Yu Yan Chen was born in a fishing village in China but grew up in New York City. Enchanted by the traveller�s tales her grandfather told, she set sail to seek her own adventures. She has travelled the world, interned for the UN radio, produced a short film, and interpreted for Chinese writers in the 2006/7 World Voices Festival organised by Pen America.
Django a la Creole
In term of wanderings
I too am a Gypsy.
I�ve carried a ferry, a village
and several seas.
You ask me what it feels like
to move on and on
Bite into a chili
imagine Django�s fingers
grinding the strings:
every nerve aflame.
Every chord longs for
the smell of dew
before ashes.
As the last bus pulls in
a lone fox walks into the parking lot
its bushy tail ragged.
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