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THE WRITERS POST (ISSN: 1527-5467) VOLUME 7 NUMBER 2 JUL 2005
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LUU
HY LAC _______________________________ NIGHT
IN TENDERLOIN Translated by Do Vinh It’s
night-time, very cold, a crowd of
black Americans still gathered below the
street askew-corner from the window to
my room, strange the ongoing noise
and sound that forbids sleep; i lean out the window, weird! a crowd of black
Americans disorderly; i glance
about from the corner of the street
a white male loitering about, he is looking
for drugs, he approaches one guy
to the next, i shiver violently; suddenly
the black American crowd yells out,
got together and grabbed the white male; oh,
one after another they beat on him i froze looking on in
outrage, there were black females just as
aggressive as the males kicking at him and
stepping on him; i
thought i really don’t
know what to do, dial
911 with my choppy English,
the white male is about to
be beaten to death; it’s
dark, and very cold, i climb back into bed
shaking, curling in the corner askew-corner
from the window to
my room the white male lies stiffly still,
right above the street lamp there is a
sign in bold letters-- DRUG FREE ZONE. TRANSLATED BY DO VINH The Writers Post &
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Hy Lac
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