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TPCReview Issue 002

Kevin Song

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While walking by the lake, I notice how the green of the trees 
                                     bursts so unashamedly. 
    A pair of men are dancing; They are pretending
                 the whole world is their kitchen, 
  and I ask myself what use I have for all this shame. 
     I have been so afraid of catching the reflection of how I see myself 
in strangers on the street that I’ve given
      up the simple victory of meeting others in their eyes.
                                But May has given 
 me and the city this violet evening,
        and I know we are all looking for the answers to our
             unanswerable questions in this neon heat. 
      When I look at the woman staring off under the willow 
   or the couple sleeping inside the last few 
      feet of sunlight, I feel so grateful that I can try 
  to figure it out anyway.       I want to live a little louder and 
   a little less scared.
           Look at how we are ribboned in gold. 
 Look at how we don’t even know it.
    Maybe there are no answers for me to find here
            but right now, 
       there are two men on the grass twirling and catching each other, 
and they are falling in love.   

Kevin Song is a senior at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. He has one published work in the Blue Marble Review. He loves poetry for its ability to make strangers’ feelings our own. In his free time, he enjoys being outdoors, lifting weights, and learning TouchDesigner.