Remembering Li, a Tiananmen Activist
by Tammy Ho Lai-Ming
Clock set forward,
Bell early rung.
Blinded and made deaf,
impossibly hung.
A sheet strangely knotted,
without sound or sight.
Silenced in ear shot.
Disappeared in plain light.
Tammy Ho Lai-Ming is a Hong Kong-born writer currently based in London. She is a founding co-editor of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal.
beautifully wrought. deeply moving.