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Monica Kim

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After Cathy Park Hong & Don Mee Choi

이

m(e)a - ning

t(e)(e)th

m(e)a - ning

her 이 b(e) - came broken after sh(e) was tortured after th(e)

d(e) - struction of her coun - try into 이 after sh(e)

was arrested for her b(e) - lief in i - d(e) - olog - y sh(e)

wasn’t allowed to (e) - xpress ( communism )

이

m(e)a - ning

two

m(e)a - ning

second - ly 이 im - p(e) - rialists d(e) - stroyed ever - y histor - y b(e) -

tween one countr - y now 이 count - ri(e)s no

border now one militar - y controlled border no war

now infinit - y war

이

m(e)a - ning

louse

m(e)a - ning

th(e) sp(e)a - ker of 이 poem b(e) - came aware of 이 new

m(e)a - ning r(e) - cent - ly using papago 이 m(e)a - ning

singular of lice did you know ( women enslaved by

japan - (e)se militar - y ) comfort women picked 이

from (e)ach other’s hair comforting (e)ach other ?

이

m(e)a - ning

this

m(e)a - ning

이 has so man - y m(e)a - nings 이 m(e)a - ning 이 m(e)a - ning

이 do you know which 이 i’m talking about

does 이 sp(e)a - ker of 이 poem (e) - ven know which

이 sh(e)’s talking to there is so much

이 sp(e)a - ker doesn’t know how much of 이

histor - y of 이 countr - y is hidden from 이

universe bur - i(e)d b(e) - n(e)ath th(e) graves of 이

forgotten people 이 countr - y will it ever b(e)

whole again like

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