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Volume 13, Issue #1. Published on November 3, 2004
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"Metaphors"
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My Kou Chang
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I'm like the muscle between skin and bone;
I don't know which to stay attached with.
I'm like the beef patty in the burger;
I don't know which bun I should stay closer to.
I'm like the layer of glue between the piece of paper and the object;
I don't know which one to hold tighter onto.
I'm like the image in the television;
I don't know if I should be watched or not.
I'm like the juice inside a lemon;
I don't know if I should spill out or dry up inside.
I am a Hmong American.
I am the generation after the immigrants;
the generation with two customs-
two traditions-
two ways of doing things.
I'm stuck in the middle.
What can I do?
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What can you do?
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