Reenactments by Hai-Dang Phan

Author:Hai-Dang Phan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sarabande Books
Published: 2019-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

SELF-PORTRAIT WITH NEW WEAPONS SYSTEMS

You used to be thirty, now you’re something.

Treat. Yo. Self. Cloths, fragrances, massages,

Mimosas, and fine leather goods. This year let’s try

Not to kill our plants again. My voicemail

Called to tell me I am running out of memory.

At the scene of Qaddafi’s capture, a Yankees cap.

I reserve the right to unlike this. On a scale of 1 to 10 …

Her blouse forgets nothing. A text declares i’m here!

Yesterday is my alibi. The sky five minutes before midnight.

Suddenly everyone wants to talk about unicorns.

At least you share a birthday with Snoop Dogg.

That recent post on drones was a real downer.

Your morals will be supported. The new Hummingbirds

Will buzz into rooms, drop a payload, and leave.

A scar invited a touch. Apply gentle pressure

When braking. Do something painful each day,

Like brushing your teeth. Air the night collected

Cools these rooms. The brass is already talking

About future engagements. I am a little bit happier

Than I was a moment ago. Hold steady

While I take the temperature of your voice.

You cannot doubt the lemon cake. The eurozone

Is really just Sarkozy and Merkel. Sometimes, Cameron

Will throw his two cents in. We talk of our lives

As if we were others. With an ear to the air

The birds have organized. Considerable cloudiness

With occasional rain showers. When I say tomorrow

I mean an expression of regret. Today is nothing

Like 1980. Let’s put the future behind us.

I’ll walk you just as far as this thought.

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