Mar­i­anne Chan, in her rid­dle of a poem, ​“Momo­taro in the Philip­pines”, reminds us of how the world con­tracts by migra­tion, by com­mu­ni­ca­tion tech­nol­o­gy, and by trade, and how every cul­ture finds a way to make sense of the cul­tures that some­how find their way into their worlds. Momo­taro is best known as the boy hero birthed from the seed of a peach in Japan­ese folk­lore. For Fil­ipino-Amer­i­can poet, Chan, peach­es evoke ali­en­ness: Europe, cans, boy-heroes, Japan, and Amer­i­ca — peach­es are part of the glob­al world of trade. Her ​“peach girl” becomes a counter-hero. She is not ​“a war­rior, no hero”. She loves and she stingi­ly con­sumes deli­cious peach­es for her sur­vival. I find her defi­ant self-aware­ness strange­ly comforting.