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Narinda, ,

But I can do no more with needle and thread
than reattach a lost button

My clothes are all bought,
made by someone else’s hands

Likely behind the pale green table and dark gray
metal of an industrial-grade machine

Like the one that sits in your living room
where you still sit, trying to make a living

I want to use my hands as well as you do,
to bind our stories, words my thread and needle.

 
 
 
 
 
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Published by Narinda

I graduated from UC Irvine in 2007, moved to Los Angeles, and worked with arts/community organizations throughout the city from 2007-2012. Most formative have been my experiences with Tuesday Night Project and Asian American lesbian web series That's What She Said. Recently, I was a First-Year Public Ally and S. Mark Taper Foundation Fellow working as a case manager with homeless and low-income seniors in Downtown Los Angeles' Skid Row. I'm currently spreading roots to Oakland, CA while continuing to be very much in love with Los Angeles.