Chen-ou Liu Poems

inside the church
the congregation praying
under Jesus' gaze
two Romani women
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living alone
in the blizzard
of forgetfulness …
snowflakes obscure the world
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sleepless
on this summer solstice
tomorrow
the night will lengthen
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footsteps fading
down the dimly lit hallway
of a psych ward
my niece's room of her own
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"I wish
I could take you back
Inside me..."
once more I wave mom goodbye
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we made love
and then made love again
on a bed of grass
years later she asks me
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