Tan Tuck Ming is a writer and an MFA graduate from the University of Iowa. Born in Singapore and raised in Aoteroa New Zealand. He has been generously supported by fellowships from Tin House and the School for Poetic Computation. His writing is published or forthcoming in The Iowa Review, Kenyon Review, MQR, The Rumpus, and other publications.

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Plastic Bag

By TAN TUCK MING

More and more men had been coming into the store and asking for plastic bags.