〈The Returnee〉 By Zeyar Lynn (Myanmar)

抄寫及攝影：盧暉宙（新語言四）

After packaging him up neatly,
They sent him back home as a gift.

When the package was opened
Everyone received a fright—
His body was in stitches.

“What on earth happened?”
Some asked with sympathy.
Someone had overdone it. His lips too were stitched.

His eyes were blank.
In the stitches of his memory lay a dark night.

He just stared
At the brightly-colored, beautifully-designed
Packing paper that had wrapped and packaged him,
That made a susurrus sound when touched.