Paprika Xu

Designer / once led product design at Canva / now part of Common 而間, a small co-op with heart / growing a root in exile, tending gardens in Lutruwita / sensing threshold, whirls me in common spirals / remembering breath, a short talk of faith

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Jul 12, 2024 12:26am
i.
heaven is a long way to go
i collect these thoughts
climb up the revolving clouds
same way my frail body will climb over you
somehow, heaven knows that i was timid
time did not make me fearless
the present of age is that things end
   things fall apart
ripped, pulled, twisted, then turned
velvet cotton floss spun over these ridges
silver quicksand pounced into the black lake
for a glimpse of beauty
in you         i was silent for years

ii.
when he sings
“most people are gone”
all i hear was most people are
   gods
particles forsaken by the black holes
emitting what it fails to engulf
pulsing between thresholds
splitting dissonance
quivering our reflections
in an irrevocable minute
for a whirlwind climax
with you         i absorb the shock of being

iii.
i sense
since our last departure
your heartstrings strengthened
my tongue relaxed
every collision births the possibility
of another universe being born
for your brilliancy may wander
   all doors ajar
i take my cue from the lake
my fate as a fixed star
to distill, condensate, evaporate
for an annihilation upon meeting the eyes
of you         i agape with wonder

iv.
when most are gone
and our moon is new
opalescent disk floating
incandescent
against a blazing backdrop so vast
gods so infinitesimal
   unmarred
yet this sun is no threat
i return home, into you
as i enter the atmosphere
i burn off layer by layer

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LANTAU 爛桃 (EP)

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Haiku
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

Interpretation

A Bleary Elapse (回忆模糊推演)

Paprika Xu

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Music

LANTAU 爛桃 (EP)

Poems

Haiku 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

Interpretation A Bleary Elapse (回忆模糊推演)

Paprika Xu

Obelisk

Haiku
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

Interpretation

A Bleary Elapse (回忆模糊推演)