red roses, steeped in blood


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A poem in Vietnamese by Lê Vĩnh Tài
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
Photography: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

red roses, steeped in blood

why do you continue to yearn for its thorns?

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yearn for the impossibilities

duly fairness

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the petals in evil handcuffs

turning continuously in the wheel of time

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you claimed: I’ll save a little money

for a trip away in the fall

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you claimed as much

since you’ve changed your life

by never allowing the leaves to settle

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tonight

I’m with my ghosts

hypnotized

by their voices

their madness

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all that I need is death

for the scattering memories

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startled by

shuddering

ghosts

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they’re bent over with pain

as I’m suspended

in between a poem and my regrets

like a cloud

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a cloud

turning into a question mark

–

turning off the light

everyone including you

the voices, ghosts

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