This was my favorite poem from last night’s show! also here is a link to an interview with the poet Teresa Mei Chuc
http://www.rattle.com/poetry/interview-with-teresa-mei-chuc/
COCKROACHES
A proposal by someone to my mom
after the Vietnam war: Why don’t
you sell your baby, you don’t have
anything to eat?
A response by my four-year-old brother:
No, don’t sell my sister! There are lots
of cockroaches for us to eat!
When I returned to the country
eighteen years later, I saw them—
large, brown shiny tanks on the wall,
evidence of my brother’s love for me.