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Elena Zhang
Hong Dou Tang
Drink this,
my mother says,
and replace what
you’ve lost.
The red bean broth
is murky and thick,
like slippery life,
sweetened by rock sugar
that only time erodes.
Elena Zhang is a Chinese American writer and mother living in Chicago. Her work can be found in HAD, The Citron Review, and Lost Balloon, among other publications, and has been selected for Best Microfiction 2024. She’s on Twitter @ezhang77.
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