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Manhhai
I put my bones down in the dark
night is a boat
sleep is a trip
words run together and point
like blood in the street
clot and ripple
on the rocks
catch ink and hold
a breath
an echo
the shadow of an echo
clatters past
as if Nam were a place
scraped from my brain
and splatters here explain.