2.Under Flag
3.Into Such Assembly
Red lacquer chests in our slateblue house
Chrysanthemums trailing bloom after bloom
Ivory, russet, pale yellow petals crushed
Between fingers, that green smell, if jade would smell
So-Sah’s thatched roofs shading miso hung to dry-
Sweet potatoes grow on the rock choked side of the mountain
The other, the pine wet green side of the mountain
Hides a lush clearing where we picnic and sing:
Sung-bul-sah, geep eun bahm ae
-유년시절의 한국의 기억
No, “th”, “th”, put your tongue against the roof of your mouth,
Lean slightly against the back of top teeth, then bring your
Bottom teeth up to barely touch your tongue and breathe out, and
You should feel the tongue vibrating, “th”, “th”, look in the mirror,
That’s better
And with distance traveled, as part of it
How often when it rains here does it rain there?
One gives over to a language and then
What was given, given over?

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