사실 너라는
기억을 품에 안고
엉엉 울었단다.
유리와 같이 투명하며
태양과 같이 새하얗고
시퍼런 칼날 같이 날카로워
뛰쳐나가려는 너란
기억을 부둥켜 안고
어금니를 악 물고
두 눈을 질끈 감고
지평선까지
이 세상의 모든 시간을
모래로 담은 이사막을
묵묵히 걸어 가며
울었단다
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Chutney
isn’t it lovely
how it’s comfy
under this sunny
weather with chutney
covered in honey
splendor in tummy
12.13.2020
Heart
with my two arms stretching to each side,
I hugged myself and held my breath
leaning against the back of a wooden chair
In a calm silence, the heart beat
as if to remind it’s not over yet
as if to refuse to become a part of the chair.
12.11.2020
Take 5
baby,
slow down a bit, little
move you make, simple
joy we find right here
don’t let ‘em fizzle
baby,
you know all is alright, gonna
make this go alight, wanna
treat you right tonight, gotta
bring this to new height.
12.10.2020
Supernova
glowing from the center of umbra,
slowly dancing in algebraic formula,
supernova has been born in orchestra.
retina of nebula, the gondola of tundra,
rotunda of medulla, beluga of Africa,
it dances with Sinatra, maxima stamina
says aloha to nirvana, Kafkaesque opera
from Okinawa to Botswana
12.9.2020
Memo
Cold concrete floor pressing against the flesh
reminds me the truth that light in the breath
still glows as the darkness remains stretched
dreams and memories amalgamate in shadow
leaving a question: ‘what’s the memo for tomorrow?’
a drop of achromatic black coffee, a piece of shredded dead skin, and a glint in the eye akin.
12.8.2020
Cards
how can I say this;
I played the cards with
the one and only
true image of me.
after the explosion,
after the marathon,
the two eyes that stared back
were of a foreign but familiar stag
glowing in darkness perhaps
knowing what must happen.
12.7.2020
Simple
keep going,
no matter what you feel now
no matter what you regretted about
just keep going.
one day when you wake up,
may you find joy in what you see
isn’t it a mystery
what a future may hold
what you might have become
so just keep going
12.5.2020
Say
carrying a coal on my back,
I swam across a bank of oil
perhaps I paddled too blindly
perhaps I swam too blithely
In the darkest corner of the night
awoke a flame as if out of spite
scarred all-over,
but no matter,
for the ride on wave
is yet to end
12.2.2020
River
This river, in particular,
does not overflow, spilling its guts
onto the sidewalk for pedestrians to walk.
These invisible gangs of droplets, all crumble into
this narrow valley of single destination in an instant.
Ever-so permanent, yet ever-so changing,
the river continues to flow at the same height.
Fast and frivolous, slow and serious,
purely clear, and muddily thick ones
all sang a song that flashed an instant,
then disappeared from the pedestrian’s iris,
burning its imagery into the memory.
9.25.2020
Ralph with Coffee 
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