HANDSOME
Ling in class today
said that what saved her
when she
came from China
what saved her said Ling
she has two children
once a laundry worker
now she works
in a costume jewelry shop
Ling’s two children
dentist doctor
she is proud
but what saved her she said
was her Pit Bull.
Handsome as Cary Grant
said Ling. She named him
Handsome. Strangers
stop her. What
a handsome dog.
What’s his name?
Handsome
Ling answers.
Everyone laughs.