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Author: abcd posted on 4/24/2004 2:06:10 PM [b}1st place writing: poem by Tin Tran, age 10 Lockwood Elementary School, Oakland, California I am standing on the beach in San Francisco, California I am looking at the ocean The wind blows cold against me I feel proud I’m sharing this ocean with my cultures I close my eyes and think about the other side of the ocean Viet Nam What about my other land of Viet Nam? I think of egg rolls I open my mouth taste the carrots and vegetables a thousand flavors exploding I’m like a rabbit munching and crunching like a tiger devouring a zebra America What about this land of America? I think of french fries My fingers are greasy and slimy I taste the potatoes and oil wash it down with soda I’m like a hog slurping and slobbering like a Great White Shark eating a thousand anchovies. I look at the ocean and see my Vietnamese culture part of who I am where I come from My cultures separated by the water are like a boat that will never sink a boat that will always float I am standing on the beach in Phan Thiet, Viet Nam I am looking at the ocean The wind blows hot against me I feel proud |
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