This Way to the Sugar by Hieu Minh Nguyen

Author:Hieu Minh Nguyen [Nguyen, Hieu Minh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781938912443
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

DEAR FRIEND

for JD

It’s another winter

I’ve refuse to wear mittens,

and still my hands are here—

tell me again of the cold

that far north of daylight,

or sing me a song

I will never make the effort

to understand.

Do you tell the story of us?

The boy you found digging

a hole in a whale’s back,

or is it the clean version

where you drive across the country

just to be disappointed

by the ocean, or you drive

across the country just to think

about calling? If the tale starts

in winter, then you are already gone.

I tell you I am happy,

and you tell me you are happy,

and I am told I’m supposed to

hate you, since hate is the body

that stays when love leaves,

but by now that skin has a new name,

and if the story of us begins

in summer, then I’m the one who left.

I’m the one who buried everything

that had a face.

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