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Russell Leong:

"EACH FACE HAS ITS OWN BLUE MIND"
(a blues song )

Each face has its own blue mind
Blue, when you sing the blues
Mindful, when you travel
To the other side of the Earth
Alone.

Each face has its own blue mind
A blue sail. A blue guitar. A blue flag.
An equation of mind and soul
Together.

Each face has its own blue mind
A sense of its own time and place
Neither sad nor happy nor indifferent
Each mind mirrors its own face
Here: alone and together.

 
Russell Leong is a poet, short story novelist, and former editor in chief at UCLA Asian American Studies Center for 25 years