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I am from the land of the double-decker bus,

from queens and The Little Prince.

I am from the chemical capital of the world under credit cards.

The first state to ratify, it tasted like freedom.

I am from the Empire state

the statue of liberty

whose flame I remember

as if they were my own.

I’m from Paul and Gina,

from bulgogi and rice.

I’m from the cars in New York City and the

jets that wake me up at night,

from train museums and steam locomotives!

I’m from Legos

with a banana

and ten designs I can do myself.

I’m from sharks and small roller coasters,

yummy cheesecake and the big city.

From the crash of lightning lost

to purple boogeyman,

used to keep me from the millennium falcon.

Under my bed was a bunch of stuffed animals

spilling characters,

a passed away fish of sewers

to drift beneath my dreams.

I am from those moments -

two sisters before I was born -

dandelion attached to the family.