Generational - Michael Chin
Updated: Jun 9, 2022
I learned more about my father
from my son
than I would have imagined.
I learned from the tantrums.
My son, crimson-faced,
pulling a drawer and
overturning it
to empty foam tiles,
so he can throw the drawer itself
across the room.
He screams his rage
his disappointment
his significance.
My father’s rage and
disappointment
a dark cloud at the ceiling.
My father’s significance
everywhere.
Bio:
Michael Chin was born and raised in Utica, New York and currently lives in Las Vegas with his wife and son. He is the author of three full-length short story collections and his debut novel, My Grandfather's an Immigrant and So is Yours came out from Cowboy Jamboree Press in 2021. Chin won the 2017-2018 Jean Leiby Chapbook Award from The Florida Review and Bayou Magazine’s 2014 James Knudsen Prize for Fiction. Find him online at miketchin.com and follow him on Twitter @miketchin.