CHELSIE COATES
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A chronological spewage of my thoughts and feelings into poetry and writing.
Usually, my text will accompany work in the form of print, sculpture, sound or performance. All of these are vessels for a completely personal insight to my own experiences growing up and now as an adult. 
Feelings of displacement and anecdotal stories are the basis of my writing and a few specific stories outlined in "I am Not Chinese Enough to Actually be Chinese" are memories I recall often as dark moments in my life.​

. orange slices & mint imperials

4/13/2020

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memories of 


mint imperials 


and 


orange slices 


at the end of a meal are 


ingrained 


in my mind as a treat after dinner, 


everyone is far too full to ever eat 


dessert. 


but to wash down the bloated feeling,


refreshing wedges of orange.


and a mint imperial (or 5) 


whilst people argue over who takes the 


bill.


it’s funny when something so stereotyped becomes the 


meaning of your existence.


how a piece of food is used to create a 


false 


sense 


of 


chinese-ness 


and 


is so subsequent to my sense of self.


but


the thing is, 


no-one even knows who invented the mint. 


it mirrors the the elusiveness of my 


belonging. 


just like 


the memories 


that slip through 



the grasp 



of a simple



aquarium fish


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