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where you’re going

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Yaya Yao
June 21, 2012
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the path
you have taken:
shanghai to hong kong
hong kong to montreal
montreal to

toronto
parkdale to little portugal
little portugal to university and elm
university and elm to

3 a.m.
to 5 a.m. tides withdraw
from each meridian, that ocean
here to claim you, now you as always in
between.

Published in TOK: Writing the New Toronto, Book 7. Purchase the book to read the full piece.

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