Touch the beautiful curves of the porcelain\u2014whisper smooth.
\nWhy don\u2019t my curves do that?<\/p>\n
I want to be serene as the stripes
\nof water, the paper lanterns,<\/p>\n
the inky tree limbs. I want to be a whole forest.
\nBecause the trees in the South<\/p>\n
pollinated me. I crave the bowl\u2019s classic shape,
\nits existence as a versatile, concave<\/p>\n
container, waiting to be filled with beloved soup,
\nsaccharine promises, perfect rice. I notice the ceramic<\/p>\n
is comfortable with its whiteness. Shit. Adhesive
\nfrom discarded stickers clings<\/p>\n
to my fingerprints. The ladies of the gazebo
\nstare at birds all day. The bowl is large<\/p>\n
enough to hold: typical romance, pregnant
\n401(k), marvelous fame. The bowl<\/p>\n
is larger than me. Which I also happen to envy.
\nBut I\u2019m sure I can get it to overflow.<\/p>\n
Flipping it upside down. There\u2019s three Chinese
\ncharacters, who I can ambush<\/p>\n
with a plot they have no hope of understanding.
\nAnd I realize I want to be a character<\/p>\n
too. With circularity. With polished surfaces
\nthat reflect shards of light.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Touch the beautiful curves of the porcelain\u2014whisper smooth. Why don\u2019t my curves do that? I want to be serene as the stripes of water, the paper lanterns, the inky tree limbs. I want to be a whole forest. Because the trees in the South pollinated me. I crave the bowl\u2019s classic shape, its existence as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2211,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[66],"tags":[25],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Jypy-4ii","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16512,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16510\/revisions\/16512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}