By Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
Happy anniversary Mr. Tran !
In a simpler time:
I was barely a graduate,
You in a hundred dollar suit
___ from Lowe’s.
A Mars bar for lunch,
Or wet sandwiches surprise.
(Already a gourmet cook!)
Your jacket hung
___ on thin shouders.
We had two rooms,
Two pairs of chopsticks,
A bowl of rice,
Piled on with morning glory.
Days long ago
Months so pass by
Two hearts a light
Blink, twenty one years.
February 11, 2016
