Grace Liu
a list of grievances
i am no stranger / to worshipping the / dry skin that prunes / into the hazy sandpaper of / a silken america
/ on my tongue / vessels, pulling away, / biting the pale shore / i no longer visit the asian market / my
confession is that of / crying curdled milk / no casket but infantile / i tell everyone i fuck elegies / pick
spilling flowers from a free spirit / you, caressing my eyelids like rubber / whispering prayers that
i stuff / calluses in my mouth / just to taste bitterness / us, wrapped in a dirty / suburban stereotype under
a vegetable garden / another dream muddled with cheese pizza / & bubblegum sneakers / greasy fingers
sliding down my throat, ethereal / what does it matter, / anyway? the sky still falls / still peeling with
overripe clementines, always / asking of a melting pot.
/ on my tongue / vessels, pulling away, / biting the pale shore / i no longer visit the asian market / my
confession is that of / crying curdled milk / no casket but infantile / i tell everyone i fuck elegies / pick
spilling flowers from a free spirit / you, caressing my eyelids like rubber / whispering prayers that
i stuff / calluses in my mouth / just to taste bitterness / us, wrapped in a dirty / suburban stereotype under
a vegetable garden / another dream muddled with cheese pizza / & bubblegum sneakers / greasy fingers
sliding down my throat, ethereal / what does it matter, / anyway? the sky still falls / still peeling with
overripe clementines, always / asking of a melting pot.
Biography
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Grace Liu (she/her) is a teen writer from Michigan. Her work has been recognized by The Poetry Society UK, Leyla Beban Young Authors Foundation, and more. You can find her on Twitter at @graceewrites, where she tweets about almond butter and occasionally her writing.
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