Second letter to Mama (Voice and Violin) by Cheng Jin Koh published on 2018-08-20T12:08:08Z Composed for the Loke Cheng Kim Foundation Dinner Second letter to Mama by Judith Huang Dear Mama, you are standing by the stove and I am standing on the chair by the stove as the rice rises warmly in the clay pot the soy sauce stains it a chestnut brown shiny as enamel with oil. And the rain outside and the trees outside are papaya trees, (and) their tiny flowers, male, female, let out a scent honey in water, with the swift hard breaths of rainwater darts. The puddles on the ground are Earl Grey tea, Mama’s tea, taken with condensed milk (in a pot) in the fridge, unstuck with the pluck of the magnet. My hair is short, glossy like the rice and the rain. P.S Bracketed words are omitted words for the purpose of musical setting Performed by Judith, Voice and Shuxiang, Violin Genre Classical