Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Q: He pretends to be so smart.

As we sat down for suet kap (snow jelly), mom walked in flustered from her line dance routine. The red was more prevalent on her right cheek; it must have been a good workout. I went for seconds, pacifying the rumblings of a stomach half empty previously occupied by a bowl of garden salad. Then, I realized my mom has her own way of keeping me collar strict on my diet.

“Promise me you will never be a guarantor for anybody. No matter how good a friend they are. Understand?”

I choked on my dessert at that. Without uttering a word, I saw a tired me among the floating fatty tissues of once living Grass Frogs. All gleefully croaking symphonies in China like the few noisy ones here at my koi pond. I wonder if everyone stares at the same sky now and then with sweet memories of the distant past.

All about potatoes,
Vonnie S.

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