On a hill
I sat very still,
Back against the tree
I saw far as I could see.
Unhappy,
I climbed this very tree
At the top it was windy,
Not shady at all.
It was a summer day,
I then no longer feel so gay.
I fell from atop of that tree,
And even the flees laughed in glee!
ttt
15 September 2014

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.
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