Bui Thi Kim Thanh
Bui Thi Kim Thanh
translated by Pamela Mordecai
Dem go inna
yu ouse,
and take yu
inna one trunk
to de clinic
at BiênHòa.
De self same day
rain come:
de rain god
did get drunk for so!
Dem go inna
yu ouse,
and take yu
inna one trunk
pass de DôngNai valley
fill up wid junk fran di war,
out to de place where de rain
chop ’way bark
and bast
same way.
Some man
—dem go inna
yu ouse,
and take yu
inna one trunk
to de clinic
at BiênHòa
de self same day.
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