Kai Cheng Thom (born March 12, 1991) is a transgender woman, Chinese-Canadian writer and former social worker.
GREEN BOY
Kai Cheng Thom
you spill
pollen and hayseed
all over me.
naked, i wear only
the grass stains
your fingers leave behind.
i want to go hunting for spring
in your body.
you open windows in mine.
my name in your mouth
is a pigeon, is a dove, is a canary
it circles the room — once, twice, three times
singing
then darts out the window
to light up the december night.
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THE WOUNDED FOR HEALING
Kai Cheng Thom
you push your mouth against mine
i want to tell you
you have come to the wounded for healing.
like you, i am
imperfect flesh, and my
experience of violence has made me
no less likely to harm you.
history is doomed
to repeat itself
colonization and rape
are written on my bones.
i want to tell you
i am trying. like you, i
have come to the wounded for healing. we
are two scars pressed together, trying
to give birth to new skins.