if only i were a dissident poet Poem by Truong Tran

if only i were a dissident poet



if only i were a dissident poet i could claim my poems were once written in a cell scraps of paper brought to me by a rat on a string if i wrote about the blue skies would you look up point to god in a pillow of clouds if I wrote about the blinding sun would you stare with faith see for the first time i mean truly see if only i were a dissident poet my name its meaning would I then care to know

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