A Home Vegie Away From Home Poem by Zachary Huang

在北美的茭白

／北美蜂叔

一个夏天的等待
等你慢慢膨大
但是，又不能太大

就是中等大小的时候
你最甜
也不会有黑粉

一如我对故土的思念
太多了会湿透枕头
一点点，淡淡的
里面都会是甜蜜

2023.10.14

A home vegie

/ Zachary Huang

All summer I wait
Waiting for you to slowly expand
However, it should not be too big

For when your are medium-sized
You are the sweetest
There will be no black powder inside

Just like I miss my home town
Too much of it, tears will soak a pillow
A little of it, faintly
Only sweetness is tasted

*A Chinese vegetable, Chinese wild rice, can be grown here. After 3 years I finally was able to taste it here. When it is fully grown, black rust (fungal spores) will be inside, thus it tastes best when in medium size. see wiki for Zizania_latifolia