ChinglishYesterday
a shop lady smiled at me
and said,
Your English is very good
her eyes crinkled
in a let's-be-nice-to-aliens way.
I wanted to say
of course it bloody is,
I was born here...
Renee Liang, New Zealand Poet.
Source
Doctor Poet, Ingenio: The University of Auckland Alumni Magazine, Spring 2010, 22-23 (Click on this link to download article about Renee Liang).
Geoff Pound
Image: Photo of Renee Liang, courtesy of Ingenio from the article cited above).