Your tongue strikes against my teeth
I utter “O”
Where you break in
Fluxing
Transfusing cartilages into my joints
You give me acts
And visceral satisfaction
I breathe in an air of turbulent sweat
You give me phrasal verbs
You give me life
You give me something I cannot digest
You taste like “Australia”
About Luoyang Chen
Luoyang Chen was born in Fujian, China. He came to Australia in 2016. Luoyang writes poetry. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Cordite Poetry Review, Rabbit, Portside Review, Farrago, Meraki, and Opal Literary. He is currently living in Whadjuk Noongar boodjar (Perth, Western Australia).
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