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Nguyễn Lâm Thảo Thi writes - Ness Owen translates into Welsh


hold a word, breathes

(After Ness)


hold a word, breathes haze through the tropics

                   heat lodged in the temple, rustling in the sinus

hold a word, breathes an oversized vowel, accented

                             grief leaks

hold a word, breathes from the opening of the chest

                 like singing, worn out on the skin

                 clogged up in water

breathes a mother’s lullaby

      a rumbling twang

aches

prickly thread

        suspending my flesh, hovers for something that’s still here