2’35”

2018

My work was inspired by a true story recounted by a friend. Her last name was Walter. She’s a typical American lady. She’s my neighbor. We call her Ms. Walter. Ms. Walter insisted that the newly moved in Asians would eat her cat. What is in Asia? Moist, sticky air, and hot steaming tarmac roads with flashing scooters rushing past. The heated air sweeps through leaving no gap for thinking, there’s a slight tingling sensation in the skin from the sun. Hot with an afternoon headache, I am cooking fried rice in the kitchen, sweating and worried about my neighbor next door, “I absolutely have to close the door and I can’t let the cat run out.”