A poem in Vietnamese by Nguyễn Đức Sơn
Translator: Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm
Art: Đinh Trường Chinh

To me
Girls, you see
They’ll sit and pee
On The World to then
Never be seen again
—–
April 2022
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Tôi thấy
Con gái
Ngồi đái
Trên Trái Đất
Rồi đi đâu mất
thơ Nguyễn Đức Sơn
Nguyễn Đức Sơn, the poet was born on November 18, 1937, in Du Khanh village, Thanh Hai district, Ninh Thuan province, originally from Thua Thien Hue. He began writing poetry very early with the pen name Sao Trên Rừng, and other pen names like Sơn Núi. On the morning of June 11, 2020, passed away at the age of 83.
Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm, the blogger, poet, and translator, was born in 1971 in Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. The pharmacist currently lives and works in Western Sydney, Australia.
This made me laugh. For a moment, I thought where is this going 😂
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NDS is a funny, LOL. I love his sense of humour, extremely dry, dry to the bone!
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