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Rye in the Countryside
Black bows, streaking winds, the rye
is pleasing to the eye. Beauty strikes me
by the countryside. The air is all but
still. Flies come and go; yet, time
stays at a standstill. I rode my bike across
the countryside; well, I rode on the back
of my grandfather’s moped, bumping up
and down as we traveled through that
patch of gravel road; with dust flying
past my ears; eyes closed, all I could hear
was the veer of electricity and the laughter
of his voice. So, it was yellow. It was summer
in the burdened rurality of China, with
nothing left to lose. Rather, nothing I had
gained was worth losing. I, as a child,
wished for nothing more than the simple
company of my grandparents; a stay so
precious that it made the temporary elongate
its permanence; made my smile authentic.
Yet, it has been more than four years since
I visited the Rye in the Countryside, parted
by the big blue sea. Wistful as I am, a call
away I make everyday, though nothing
could replace reality.
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Inspired by Dylan Thomas’s “Fern Hill,” this poem romanticizes my grandfather’s farm, a place where my love for spending time with him and my grandmother supersedes the farm’s apparent dirtiness.