- a
poem before sleep
-
- two
in the morning
- and
i am trying to write a poem
- maybe
this will work
- maybe
not
- but
i am writing
-
- while
my
eyelids are moist
- with
sex
- i
am writing
-
while my
heart beats
- against
the night
- i
am writing
- while
a
cockroach
- crawls
on my back
- i
am writing. . .
-
- i
write
about
alarm clocks,
- cars,
and garages
- about
snakes
lizards
- and
the morning flower
-
- about
traffic,
- smogs,
and cancer
- about
politics, war
- and
the women between them
- about
the American dream
- and
the human heart. . .
-
- i
write
- to
seek and define myself
- between
the space of things
Written
by Bunkong Tuon 2/4/98
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