[12. COMMUNIST]
By Nam Le
We are for perpetual revolution!
We are for monkeys and tigers!
We are for permanent re-education!
We believe in necessary rectification.
We are against cows and snakes!
We are against monsters and demons!
Let rocks and pebbles turn into rice!
Let a hundred flowers bloom!
(Tell us: What are the correct
revolutionary traits of the moon?)
Notes:
This poem is from a longer series called 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem.
Source: Poetry (March 2023)