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Yonah Jeong Nov 2024
scents of tear
tastes of laughter
and
comforts of suffering.
Yonah Jeong Nov 2024
Several months ago
I met a good friend
We can talk about this and that
about political and personality
We eat once a month
together
He was going to be a doctor
but he gave up it and
to help the elderly
he has made up his mind
One day I asked him
official or administrative documents
application forms to read something like them
isn't it hard?
He answered
“I can read that stuff all night long
I'd rather read a product manual
than the product itself”
I answered
“I'm happy to spend all night
reading a masterpiece,
but I'm not happy to read
documents and user manuals
I can't even read a single page"
Even while eating
answer for complaints and demands
of old man
no time to look at me
“turn off your cell phone, even during mealtime"
“No, I can't, I'd be a doctor if I did.”
We finished
in the late fall sunshine
I vow to myself
for my precious friend
"I should write a short poem".
Yonah Jeong Nov 2024
Thanks depend on giving, not harvesting.
Yonah Jeong Nov 2024
ink joy
typewriter joy
paper joy
book joy
thinking joy
meeting joy
reader joy
and
enjoy myself.
Yonah Jeong Nov 2024
connecting the islands
unviewable
seagulls
clouds
the wind
waves
starlight
trees
sands
fish
seaweed
and
unsuspecting travelers'
deep, deep and Deep
in their hearts
stillness.
Yonah Jeong Nov 2024
circling around

it means
to be the center

also to be
rotation of orbits.
Yonah Jeong Nov 2024
Daniel had a brother
Samuel grew up to be
a mighty man
not to lose to his brother
not to lose to his brother
struggling
Hustle
striving
Daniel
he had a fear of
losing to such a brother
losing to such a brother
He pushed his brother
without anyone knowing.
He said blunt words to him
without anyone knowing
He was crying alone
without anyone knowing
I saw these scenes
without anyone knowing
I remember
I used to do the same thing
I understand my grandson Daniel
But then today
they came over to play
and they played a lot and fell asleep
after a while
Daniel stroked brother's hair
without anyone noticing
and kissed the back of his hand
without anyone noticing
and hugged him
without anyone noticing
fearing Samuel would wake up
with a very careful mind
and then he went back to sleep.

I didn't I failed to do so.
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