Photo by Zoya Hsiao
10 places I want to be with you—
sitting on the same massage chair, legs compressed by legs
no money to afford our own, but
in the 러브호텔 1
we can pretend
on the second floor
of a ramen shop
or Indian restaurant
shrouded in incense
or smoke from your cigarettes
on a stroll, seaside or
on a bike, tandem
on a mountain
in a car—hands
overlapping, fingers entwined
when not, 잠깐만2
in a kitchen, curry on the stovetop
fried chicken delivery (just in case)
대마도3
one more journey
together, before I left
the ferry, you promised
battling aliens in outer space
dancing on the moon
like in your dreams
beneath a pine tree
다음 생에4
where I’ll fall asleep again
in the shade of you
in a plane, not an airport
not even the shuttle bus to the airport
not even
in love
four years ago
four years from now
forever
Maggie Deagon was a 2016 – 2017 ETA at Jeju Jungang Girls High School in Jeju City. When she is not writing poems about lost love, she is chronicling her wandering food adventures at femalegraze.food.blog.