Wednesday, 14 May 2025

Son Cecilia/Republic of Korea

Red Ivy


A woman from the nineteenth floor who flew through the air and shattered,

is crawling up the outer wall of the apartment to meet her four-year old son.


She feels she has nearly arrived but it’s still just one and a half floors.

Everywhere she places her palms the crimson trace is vivid.


Two years ago, immediately after the incident,

they packed up and left at midnight.

I wonder if she knows that or not.



[The 1st Asian Literature Festival 2017]

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