GRIZZLY PEAR

written snapshots

One plus one plus one for a visage on a round glass canvas.

He held up a cashew

这个叫作什么?
(What do you call this?)

It’s called a cashew.

中文呢?
(In chinese?)

Mama thought for a moment.
这是所腰果
(This is called yāoguǒ)

妈妈我想要腰果!
(Mama, I want a cashew!)

She gave him one
He wanted another

He took the three cashews and placed them on his empty plate.
A little smile with squinty eyes.

subterranean springs
support multitudes
salutary or sinister?