Ode to Boba

by Dorothy Lau

Yuca grown, sticky sweet

Boba pearls are summer’s treat

So many flavors, which will you choose?

Almond, taro,

You cannot lose!

Tis but nobler to have loved and lost

But I say, screw THAT

I’d give it up for some boba and yogurt frost!

Oh boba, you take life’s woes away

With your tea and milk infusion, my mood is swayed

My life is complete, now that you are here

With a boba in my hand, ha, I have nothing to fear!

*Dedicated to my sweet and dear friend, Emily Lam