"Mama!" one complains to her mom. "She keeps looking at me!" "You keep doing weird things!" her sister snipes back.

Mark Siggers

Okay, I admit it, I was pushing that belly out like a German pushing his daughter out of the house when she turns eighteen; but I couldn't eat another bite.

Mark Siggers

She starts muttering to herself about kimchi. "I don't think we have enough kimchi." "It's okay," I reassure her, " I don't really eat so much of it."

Mark Siggers

It's an old moist smell-- familiar but I have trouble placing it.

Mark Siggers

They are like dandelion stalks breaking out of a glass prison.

Mark Siggers

An older man, early 50s, is just ahead of me as we get on the escalator. He looks a little unstable. A little scared.

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