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Accusation
Poem, by MeiMei Liu
You stare and shake your head and pity me
And assume that because my tongue is tied
I have nothing to say
You think my flailing limbs
And wiggling fingers
Belie an imbecile
Who has no mark to make
And nothing at stake
You think I don’t notice you
Passing judgment on me
But I see and hear and feel every insult
That you harbor in your smile
You think that I am vacant
But never will I be as empty as your guile
One day when it is one of yours
You’ll know the pain I feel
Until then
MeiMei Liu is a senior at Whittier College majoring in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing. She was the first-place winner of the 2019 Whittier College Annual Poetry Competition and the second-place winner of the Myong Cha Son Haiku Award at the 2017 West Chester Poetry Conference. She was the 2020 winner of the NFSPS Edna Meudt Memorial Award for her chapter book, Survival of the Fittest. MeiMei Liu is non-verbal as a result of her Autism and has been a long-time public advocate for the rights and education of non-verbal individuals. MeiMei resides in Pasadena, California.
