We pretend the monsoon has come early.In the distancebombsexplode like thunder,slashes lighten the sky,gunfirefalls like rain.Distant yet within ears, within eyes.Not that far away after all.

One cannot justify warunless each side flaunts its ownblind conviction.

In the distancebombsexplode like thunder,slasheslighten the sky,gunfirefalls like rain

South Vietnam no longer exists.One woman tries to throwherself overboard,screaming that without a countryshe cannot live.

I hate being told I can't do something because I'm a girl!