Simon Shieh

Simon Shieh was born in Taiwan, and raised in upstate New York and Beijing. He attended high school in Beijing from 2007 to 2011 and earned a BA in English literature in the U.S. He competed as an amateur and professional

Act I

by Simon Shieh

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Pine-Sol

on the bathroom tiles

an offering to the wrong god.

                                                 Sometimes, I do not see him
                                          for days.
          When he returns
                                                             a small bird
                               dead
                                     in the toilet means

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