Korean BBQ. BTS. “Parasite.”
In 2022, Korean culture is cool.
Not in 1995.
I was eight.
“What are you?”
The neighborhood kids asked.
Laughing and yanking back their eyelids.
In 2020, the fox eye trend made it cool.
Not in 2003.
I was sixteen.
“What is that smell?”
Noses scrunched up at the scent of my mother’s kimchi.
