by Jeffrey

I am from a small Windows XP laptop sitting on a desk in my room,

          from incense sticks and tons of broken toys.

I am from white rice with interesting and simple soups,

          from tofu skin noodles and stir fried bok choy.

I am from white, rocky, crystalline fertilizer,

          from giant pumpkin plant leaves,

          from bright red roses and low yellow and purple flowers.

I am from tons of Razor scooters (mine is a Razor A2),

          from two of those electric toy cars you can ride,

          from orange basketballs to white, green, and red basketballs.

I am from Awan, Zhuanhong, Jialiang, Karen, Qinglin,

          from Jennifer.

I am from "sighs" and "Good job!",

          from "Oh my God!",

          from the occasional "You're weird,"

          from almost anybody I know.

I am from the jet black photo albums,

          from my brain and the 512 MB flash memory cards.

I am from the metropolis of Shanghai, China, on Earth.

# - Jim Hughes - 7/12/06; 1:20:31 PM -