Santa Fe Poetry Broadside: Lam Thi My Da: Rain

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Lam Thi My Da

Rain

Rain
Through the night
Through me
Through fields of sky
Like sea mist
Flying

The rain erases itself
Like a crazy man
With no memory
Confused
Slanting, then straight

The rain erases itself
Nude, blank
A young girl's body
Smooth, transparent
The rain erases itself
But it doesn't know

And I
Like the rain
Erase myself
Piece by piece
Streak by streak
Until only one
Drop is left
Wondering
On a green leaf
Waiting for sun
Restless
To dissolve
And disappear

(translated by Martha Collins and Linh To)

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Issue #21, July, 2001 :
Santa Fe Poetry Broadside.