Richard Nguyen Poems

My heart broken friend told me that the day you were gone,
The sun was hiding behind the cloud all day long,
Too sorrow for his miserable love to turn on its floodlight
And let the rain mourning the whole sky.
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A year ago, when we celebrated our fifteenth marriage anniversay,
Some of our closest neighbors were invited to the party,
The couple that lived next door brought their daughter with them.
She was only sixteen but looked much maturer, about twenty.
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Two years ago, in a deserted park out of town at night,
A young woman and I were caught by a winter rain storm by surprise.
The water quickly soaked and dripped down on the lighty dressed lady,
Sculpturing her into a Venus statue.
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