Zackary Chong

a poem by

back to edition #003

Out of the Bag

           Wh           irlwind! Schrödi              nger in shambles !

Whirlw        ind! Front te

     eth       ! Wh         irlwind! Pandora       unlocked!       Whirlwind! H

                                                         iding fro         m the rainfall!

                  Whirl                                                                win                             d!

                                                                Yo                    ur scent

                                                     in my c            ap! W              hir

lwind! Gigglin                           g to myself                                                       on t       he

                                             Way                               home!              Wh

                     irlwind!                Red                                                                  cheeks

                      double                 time      ! Whirl              wind !                       Redder

                                                                 ears! Whirlwin

         d! It's                        all wron

          g! Whir                           lwind!             Hypotheti                     cals and ifs and       bu

   ts forced in        to ises and musts

      ! Whirlwind!

                                                    Every            poem I                              wanted

             to send                          you read                     it! Whirlwind!                 Whirlwind!

                           You                                                        caught everything!

                                                                Whirlw          ind!

                                   It's o        ut of the                                  bag                       no

                                                                      w, cat   ch it,

put it back          ! I didn'                        t hear                 the                    Geiger c

                                    lick, I have         music                           at top               volume o

                                                                  n the train                   back!

                                                           Whirlwind!                   Catc

                             h it!                                             Whirl                            wind    !

Zackary
Chong

(he/him)

Zackary Chong (@zankett) is a Singaporean monkey with a typewriter. His work has been featured by The Paper Plane Press, Ranger Magazine, Burnings Magazine, Sekudu Quarterly, Blue Moon Review and Anglo-Chinese Independent Stage. Always open to new writers to connect with.