June 2022
Jackie Chou
jchou332@gmail.com
Bio Note: I write free verses, rhyming poems, and Japanese short form poetry, some of which saw the light of day in journals like Alien Buddha Zine, Spillwords, and Cajun Mutt Press. I am also a Jeopardy fan.

Me and My Doppelganger Converse

She is pumpkin brain,
gossamer flesh.

I am mouth agape,
tongue cherry Slurpee red.
Ideas woven with flimsy threads.

She is an emerald-eyed milkmaid,
lovesick protagonist.

I am the anime,
the cheeks streaked with 
lemon-sour tears.

She is smurf-like melancholy,
Pepto Bismol pink.

I am a citrus chapstick kiss,
fruity gum bubble
on the verge of popping.

She is a flowering hedge,
the glimmer in a cat’s eyes.

I am childhood stains
on an off-white canvas.
The lukewarm air.

She is the story of which 
I am the narrator.
©2022 Jackie Chou
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