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Issue 31 - Childhood

Sep 7

Written By Garreth Chan

bed, an earth settler
I deliver you gently
unlike the first time

drift low
lullaby you once more
neon moon ceiling

a quiet flicker,
like a banner celebration
unforgettable

and for this year
cake would have been nine and
light would have been joy

oh, it would have been

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Garreth Chan

Garreth is a transdisciplinary artist from Hong Kong. He studied music and sociology at NYU Abu Dhabi and worked as a film colorist and producer for a production house before deciding to make whatever he wants. He is most interested in notions of silence and the mundane.

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