Who put beads into our hair?
The mating termites danced
feverish rituals and found
some place to fall
In yellow light we made
peace with the simple course of love,
chrysanthemum leaves in puddles,
not going anywhere we were
Umbrellaless on a Typhoon Night
Umbrellaless on a Typhoon Night
By Marco Yan
Biography
Marco Yan was born and raised in Hong Kong and is currently a M.F.A. candidate at the University of Hong Kong. He understands the city through writing lines after lines of words.