Our bodies as tea
Yujin S.
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In the 1990s to 2000s, thousands of infant girls -- thought to be weaker, a worse investment than their brothers --- from China were exported to the US, collateral of the one child policy, and adopted by white families. Yet many of them grew up isolated from their culture, and others still were ripped from families that badly wanted them. This poem is written from their point of view.
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To me, creativity is the ability to tell stories. Every creative work, whether its art, music, or writing, sends a unique message into the world, and its up to the creator to decide how they want to put that message out there.
