Euginia Tan (b. 1991)
SELECTED POEMS
a livelihood
there are secret people living in caves
who feed on the sweat of the sea.
they very rarely bleed
like you and me.
while they carve crosses
from rocks made out of moss
my pen runs out of ink.
i am as un-invincible as i seem.
they grin at me with missing teeth,
so i become too wary even as
lone shooting stars whiz past.
confusing these with stolen fool’s gold
glinting beneath the dark.
by Euginia Tan
from Phedra (2016)
