
In this letter, i can finally grammar yourself into a poem
dear Quang,
don’t forget you
are already here,
sky-clean in light. doesn’t matter
when this city less flame,
i tell you
that we stay yes,
we do.
so by writing you this
i’m chiseling these syllables
to our heart’s music.
remember that sometimes,
our punctuations
fall apart for a reason.
i think ‘chaos’
in our mother-tongue
has another body, turning
to ‘chào’ or vietnamese for hello.
& hello
a cliché that harvests
the spring in your mouth
you are here
to give life, Quang so get up.
been a while but i hope you earn
a nice day (?) sorry
so much for your patience (?)
& everything
kind regards,,,:; – (maybe a hyphen could
help this
continue / go on /
outstretch / please / p
l e
a s pl e a
s e p lea
se / live / live / live x 10^100^10000)
i miss you
into a famine. i
really do?

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