Don’t die another person’s death, The definition of summer, Saigon on a good day

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Don’t die another person’s death

Now onto the task

of dying another person’s death.

Nations, peoples, their suppressions —

I can only die my own death.

Never say, “I die for …”
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Live through the quiet afternoons,

the nights lighting matches to search for my slippers

while stars fall on my face.

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