My Absent Baby with Scissors Is Like Cutting the Sunshine
Translated by Jake Levine and Jung Hi-yeon
My absent baby is cutting the sunshine coming into the room
Going toward the sunshine which cuts earthworms discharging blood
Sometimes I can hear the sound of people sitting in
Blast experts have a bonfire on the rooftop
A woman grabbing her stomach connects to gravity
From a crack in the ceiling, dead mice pour out
Inside eyes in a water cup, pubic hair begins to sprout
Wanting to live, a cat licks dead mice
I’m not sick, I drink liquid drugs and my teeth rot away
The woman crawls under the wardrobe and spouts light
Don’t die! I will cut the sunshine with scissors
Little by little with scissors my absent baby will cut the baby I never had
While cutting a dried earthworm
A halo lights the room
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