WITNESS

Witness to shreds of the immigrant's dream,
of her Greencard marriage to the rich American
and shamed return to China
Penniless
Childless
Husbandless
Remarriage to a poor Beijing painter, the dream continues
by living off the oblivious alimony of the blonde Californian Ex
Who, with his equally blonde fresh love,
cuts off the deceit
So they can afford to adopt a Chinese baby
and give her
The Immigrant's Dream.


           Deborah Medenbach