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A Study through Homes by Ae Hee Lee | Poetry Magazine

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When people ask where I’m from, where I’m _really_ from, I ready

Share We live in imaginary countries —Etel Adnan When people ask where I’m from, where I’m really from, I ready my permutations. My mélange of autumnal streets, my obscure cities, the countries I found built on a mound of papers and tears, the pebble-sized universe occupying my left shoe—I want to tell them everything. I want to see how far we can go. ____ A Venezuelan couple moves into our neighborhood. They share their story with me, why they migrated to Peru: the inflation, their hunger and fear, their love—they are relieved they can send money back to their families. They say they miss the

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