by Gloria Au Yeung
favourite shopping bag
and tries to buy an XL T-shirt
His new hat listens to
several Christmas carols
His trendy watch follows
the curve of time
We’ve seen the stylish gifts
We’ve heard the footsteps of
festival. Build a chit-chat castle for
our hippo, our harbour
A castle without water taps
A day without waterfall
What will our keys talk about
this upcoming Boxing Day?
Great monologues of Mr. Hippo—
fruitful, XL at least.
Note:
This poem was inspired by Chapter 2 of Xi Xi’s novel My City 我城.
Published: Tuesday 4 July 2023[RETURN TO XI XI]
Gloria Au Yeung is a poet, traveller and foodie born and raised in Hong Kong. She works as a copywriter in a local advertising agency, with a focus on property advertising. Her personal writing goal is to combine commercial and literary writing. She received the Youth Literary Awards (Poetry) in 2004 and 2005. Her poems have appeared in Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine, Fleurs des lettres, Pause for Paws, and The Epoch Poetry Quarterly, among other places. She is the author of the poetry collection Diving 潛 (Musical Stone Publishing, 2020). Currently, she is working on a creative project called Poetic Cuisine.
