86 Levels Up

86 Levels Up

Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas Level 24Level 48Level 59Level 86I was under the age of six,anaconda squeezing my mums handup the steps, we were insideone of the silver twin skyscrapersThe Petronas TowersI protested against goingdue to my intense fear of heights,I could...
Colmar Tropicale Trail

Colmar Tropicale Trail

Photo: Peter coxhead, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons After getting off the winding corkscrew roadsurrounded by wild packs of zigzaggingBukit Tinggi jungle trees,Paji parked and carried on daytime walking throughthe French-themed resort with my parents and II can...
Visiting Beijing Zoo in December

Visiting Beijing Zoo in December

rusted signs say: there are dangerous animals! please don’t near. what animals? a far-off building, birds squawk for thawing. a weary panda pushes his head against a tree and we cheer. not far from here, erasure, erasure, forgotten hutong, abandoned malls. the...
Yongma Land Insists

Yongma Land Insists

Photo: Christian Bolz via Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 I am the ultimate pivoter: my crumbling castle turned wedding studio Come pay to watch me fall apart Once deserted, I am now a nostalgic photoshoot backdrop Trees grow in my carousel but not my walkway...
On a Boat to Kalijai

On a Boat to Kalijai

Photo: Aruni Nayak, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Look how the lake licks the boaton the edges. The soft meanderof a candy in a toothless mouth.A host of white-bellied sea eagles tease the lake and touch her face—half-flying, half-floating—suspended between water...