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New York Diary 3
by Hwang Tong-gyu October 28, 2015
Wind Burial
Hwang Tong-gyu
Someone wept
at night in New York.
Who is it?
When I lifted the phone receiver
the voice just sobbed in a low tone.
I asked, who is it? repeatedly
in English and Korean with clear articulation,
but it did not answer.
Only the sob slowly became fainter and fainter,
then the phone went dead with a click.
It was a snow-thawing night
after a long cold spell.
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