I name my kitchen appliances Robert

especially the red ones. I laugh

like a goose. With my professors

I lament about adulthood. Tears roll when listening

to movie scores. I place anime stickers

on my sunflower metal bottle, which I dented on a trip with friends

to Zion. I climbed

Angel’s Landing. I put myself in Death’s grip and enjoyed it.

I’m older and none the wiser. A lifelong workhorse, lost Korean,

daughter reeking of filial duty. An impatient

reader, clumsy card dealer, inadequate envelope sealer.