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Voices from Home

Mama Motherland
has a way with words.

When she wants me to fear her,
she screams
corruption
rape
war.

When she wants me to love her,
she sweet-talks
rice fields
lotus blossoms
rain.

When she wants me to return home,
she whispers
    little sister
    aging mother
    left behind.

I fear.
I love.
I return.

But I
can’t stay.

Luu vong.


By Thanh Do
Pacifica, California

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