Souvenirs

I

watched you spoon-peel the ginger

grate it wrap it squeeze

ginger juice through the cheesecloth

We

dipped dumplings in soy ginger

drank red wine from red

cups laughed with red lips left

each other with wine-red bruises

John See lives in Washington, D.C. His poetry, nonfiction, and fiction have appeared in Allium, Poetry Salzburg Review, In These Times, The Closed Eye Open, and other publications. John earned an MFA in creative writing from Western Michigan University.