For Amy Tan

Playing MaJong

On a rainy day

Balance of power and grace

Wisdom and strength

Lives yet to live

Pairs yet to match

Hoping to meet face to face

end lines

Parentheses- subjugated, slighter bride                     (afterthought)

She haunts my every inspiration

lesser, but always in mind

speaking when allowed

Hypertext- new story, waiting to be clicked                         blue

I make of her my Jane Eyre

Moor of fiery melancholy

Living tutor leading on

Ellipsis- three full stops, imagination                         what might have…

We can never be a novel

Tide and time against

Character and plot