by Nasrin Lin
*TW: contains queer slurs
golden immigrant child
watches the Sunday football game
plays pong with his friends
in letters and track pants
drops a “faggot” at each plop
a prepackaged narrative arc
golden immigrant child
lands jobs at fancy acronyms
a bona fide entrepreneur seeks
a bitch that cooks and free
reign on the n-word
using the friend card that doubles
as business card coded handshake
golden immigrant child
aims for that penthouse
with three pools and immigrant maids
collectively known as the ah-yis
because one saves too little face
and two is just the Congratulations
paper cutout on the cake
three is the cake you stick your dick into
after everybody leaves
golden immigrant child
gets a wedding invitation
from his disowned sister
the estranged daughter
that dirty dyke cancerous
rot in this great family name
golden immigrant child
pure golden bred reminiscing
on brighter days
Future Histories 