Eurasian Girl

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Australian poet, Eurasians, Formal poetry, poem, poetry, Singapore Eurasians

𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥

Eurasian girl, I knew you well —
Your lips, your almond eyes, your smell;
And now I hear that you have died.
I promised I’d return……..I lied.

— D.N. O’Brien