Chen-ou Liu's Translation Project: First English-Chinese Haiku and Tanka Blog

Thursday, October 5, 2023

An Open Secret

why, why did you
walk alone at midnight 
loud and piercing --
she scrubs herself in the shower
over and over 

in dim barlight
the drinking buddy mumbles,
I was snatched
from my teenage mother’s arms
then became a statistic



Added:

gray rain clouds ...
scratched and bullet-riddled 
kindergarten wall


FYI: BBC News,  Oct 3First underground school to be built in Kharkiv

Ukraine says more than 360 educational facilities have been destroyed and over 3,000 damaged since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022....In September, more than 1,000 pupils started their new school year at five underground stations in Kharkiv... 


Added:

war cemetery 
birthday on this tombstone
uncarved


Added

the clicking
of TV cameras ...
his finger gun

FYI: USA Today, Oct. 1Trump calls for police to shoot shoplifters as they leave the store.

“Very simply, if you rob a store, you can fully expect to be shot as you are leaving that store,” former president Donald Trump said in Anaheim, Calif., outlining his vision for a second term at the convention of the state's Republican Party