I look at you, and you ask me what
is behind my eyes —
a bowl of soup,
already cooking before you ask
Chan Tea is a trans nonbinary Khmer person and multidisciplinary poet and artist whose work has been featured in publications including Glass Mountain, Sybil, Infrarrealista Review, Holy of Holies, and Location/Houston. Alongside the poems, Chan’s head is filled with pool sequences and chess calculations.
I look at you, and you ask me what
is behind my eyes —
a bowl of soup,
already cooking before you ask