by Changming Yuan

Keep your eyes closed
Say nothing, baby
Make no sound, yeah
Stay still, honey
That’s more like it

Oh yeah
Oh yeah

Now open your heart
As wide as your legs
And let me in

Does this hardened thought hurt?

Changming Yuan, eight-time Pushcart nominee and author of Chansons of a Chinaman (2009) and Landscaping (2013), grew up in rural China, holds a PhD in English, and currently tutors in Vancouver, where he co-edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Qing Yuan and operates PP Press. Most recently interviewed by [PANK] and World Poetry [CFRO100.5FM], Changming’s poetry has appeared in Asia Literary Review, Best Canadian Poetry (2009;12), BestNewPoemsOnline, London Magazine, Threepenny Review and 829 other publications across 28 countries.