London
On why I don’t get to London often enough. Fish and chips on Notting Hill. Noodles and dumplings steaming in Chinatown. And the correct Brasier.
On why I don’t get to London often enough. Fish and chips on Notting Hill. Noodles and dumplings steaming in Chinatown. And the correct Brasier.
He walks the dogs. I move the world. He does the mornings. I place everything in motion.
On crossing Europe alone by train and being hot and single for a while.
At Matosinhos beach I saw a mother, poised and tattooed like scripture. Her thong flashed. The flash landed in my body.
I travelled alone this trip. I was marrying him this year and needed this trip for myself. I ate Kimchi jjigae on Garosu-gil and restored what I never should’ve lost.
Some bonds don’t begin when bodies meet. They complete what placement already started
They won’t remember our words. They’ll remember the rhythm. The stillness. The change. This is what remains.
Most women arrive late to their power. That’s how it works. You are not behind. You are exactly on time.