The Indicator x The Student: “I Broke My English”

In a republished piece from the Spring 2022 issue of “The Indicator,” Priscilla Lee ’25 explores love and connection through a multilingual lens.

The Indicator x The Student: “I Broke My English”
In a republished piece from the Spring 2022 issue of “The Indicator,” Priscilla Lee ’25 explores love and connection through a multilingual lens. Original art by Kyla Biscocho ‘25.

Λόγος σάρξ ἐγένετο, scan my pinking flesh,

dented divots from my inky pen, no

墨 to drink. Excuse me, I play with babbles,

singing your scribbles.

Draw it out. Pray, jazz with me. Pluck the hairy

strokes and Trace calligraphy. Laisse

en moi, l’amour, les lignes de la langue. Raise

your palette, open your mouth, receive the

Bread of my Breath, believe in me. 我日夜都不住呼求,

日 Truncate the hEavens, divide with • • •

Se connaître on a bridge of feathers — I swallow

nervously, Lover.


Curse my Tongue, I garble your Name. Sometimes I

slip, like Oi! 我愛 your erotic hollows

好, 我要 don’t laugh at me, boy 你笑

We’re fitting together.