STEPHANIE YUE DUHEM

May You Live in Interesting Times

And the monkey’s paw curls
around mine.

I’m another monkey
pretender.

I’m a cloth mother
an LLM brain.

Monkeys paw me for love
but I only give them language.

Maneki-Neko

How to beckon the good:
Play Top 40 on the road.

Sing along.
Replace song

lyrics with “meow.” Beget
luck and money, little cat.

Stephanie Yue Duhem is a poet and essayist in Austin. Her debut poetry collection, CATACLYSM MOVES ME I REGRET TO SAY, is now available from House of Vlad Press.