https://zoewong.com.au Zoe Wong Sat, 21 May 2022 23:08:43 +0000 https://zoewong.com.au en https://zoewong.com.au/Home Sat, 21 May 2022 11:04:11 +0000 Zoe Wong https://zoewong.com.au/Home https://zoewong.com.au/Half-Brother Sat, 21 May 2022 23:04:59 +0000 Zoe Wong https://zoewong.com.au/Half-Brother Half Brother Half brother, I remind people But sometimes I wonder Why does it matter? The quiet ping on my phone Only reminds me of our distance WeChat Sparsely, sparingly, Not at all Jokes are lost between the cracks Riddled in our conversations I read everything you write and yet I still don’t understand Do you know what I'm trying to say? My big brother - now without legs Once upon a time you told me to stand tall Over the din of our distance This is what I must remember That we still hold half of one another And half is more than none. 2022 <img width="3088" height="2048" width_o="3088" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5af04e424ab019b0863558e42ec50405f88391f3648c12a567f3a507dd271ceb/03380035.JPG" data-mid="143277046" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5af04e424ab019b0863558e42ec50405f88391f3648c12a567f3a507dd271ceb/03380035.JPG" /> <img width="3088" height="2048" width_o="3088" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1734abbad759eac4eefda7cd01cf97bb79ac15e470024b81def6523c1b19cf5/03330025.JPG" data-mid="143277044" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e1734abbad759eac4eefda7cd01cf97bb79ac15e470024b81def6523c1b19cf5/03330025.JPG" /> <img width="3088" height="2048" width_o="3088" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d769f8f2f6f8f869c5dd6d6330987ea4af8f7765a3c010985c2915b4bf2a0b4b/15820031.JPG" data-mid="143277047" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d769f8f2f6f8f869c5dd6d6330987ea4af8f7765a3c010985c2915b4bf2a0b4b/15820031.JPG" /> https://zoewong.com.au/Too-Many Sat, 21 May 2022 23:07:14 +0000 Zoe Wong https://zoewong.com.au/Too-Many Too Many Tensely I watch As a circus appears on tv Another A Current Affair Another image of ASIANS EVERYWHERE Another reminder that we are The disease that you wish to be rid of We bought all your houses and baby powder And we don’t even know why you’re so upset about it Are these facts I’m learning about myself? I go to papa Wong’s for dinner We eat Tomato and egg soup Chicken and black bean Braised pork with eggplant Seared prawns and snow peas He turns to me and says “There are too many Chinese”.2022<img width="1828" height="1161" width_o="1828" height_o="1161" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7e2dfa169e30131d903eb03bf269e6318fdb4e7effd04eb1d6a498e35b3e977/ye_0123.jpg" data-mid="143277785" border="0" data-scale="91" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d7e2dfa169e30131d903eb03bf269e6318fdb4e7effd04eb1d6a498e35b3e977/ye_0123.jpg" /> https://zoewong.com.au/Yum-Cha-Crises Sat, 21 May 2022 23:08:43 +0000 Zoe Wong https://zoewong.com.au/Yum-Cha-Crises Yum Cha Crises ‘How is your Chinese?’ So small I felt in that moment Like one question could possibly Unravel my entire identity Unravel my insides that are supposed to keep me steady A hot white spotlight shone down on me Only to reveal that I was A fraud A fake A phony F is for failure, that I know for sure As Mulan once sang Who's that girl I see, staring straight back at me? I whisper that to my reflection And wait anxiously for silence But she calmly replies I am a Wong. I AM a WONG. 2022 <img width="4091" height="2727" width_o="4091" height_o="2727" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c792063b1a4093dcbf3acef629bfe735b88b4f73723722dad1546f5b74627d39/img439.jpg" data-mid="143278047" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c792063b1a4093dcbf3acef629bfe735b88b4f73723722dad1546f5b74627d39/img439.jpg" /> <img width="4050" height="2700" width_o="4050" height_o="2700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a7f83574635f0265850d1feb20b38356afc001756e6ed6bdd17fe339abcd1f4/img440.jpg" data-mid="143278048" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a7f83574635f0265850d1feb20b38356afc001756e6ed6bdd17fe339abcd1f4/img440.jpg" />