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the way baby poses in the middle of the night… – Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm in toons

the mist
posing to protect a cloud
a pair of bird’s wings posing
to protect two tired arms
coins posing as a ticket
for a train long gone

and the smoke posing
to protect its two shadows?
surely we are all now suffocating
from all the posing

so when you pose
look content
since tight lipped
and silent is the poem

the way baby poses
in the middle of the night…

– rewriting the poem in a more disciplined format

the mist protecting a cloud
the bird protecting tired arms
the coins protecting a train trip
the smoke protecting the two shadows
the posing suffocating
the poem like silent night
the pain with so much to hide

Lê Vĩnh Tài, the poet and translator born in 1966 in Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam. The retired doctor is still a resident of the Western Highlands and a businessman in Buon Ma Thuot.

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm, the blogger, poet, and translator, was born in 1971 in Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. The pharmacist currently lives and works in Western Sydney, Australia.

 

Source: the way baby poses in the middle of the night… – Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

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U.S. says five Israeli military units committed human rights abuses before war – UPI.com

Four the units have “effectively remediated these violations,” he said, without elaborating on the violations or the specific remediations.

For the final unit, which has been identified as the Netzah Yehuda, the United States is in contact with Israel, which Patel said has submitted additional information on the group to the United States…

All human rights violations committed by the military units occurred prior to the Oct. 7 start of the Israel-Hamas war and none occurred in Gaza, he said….Patel on Monday disregarded accusations that the United States was giving preferential treatment to Israel, stating a process is ongoing to see if Israel violated U.S. law, specifically the Leahy Laws.

According to the U.S. Congressional Research Service, the Leahy laws prohibit U.S. assistance to foreign security force units where there is credible information that they have committed gross human rights violations.

“There is no such thing as special treatment or double standards here,” Patel said. “The standards of the Leahy Law are applied consistently to all countries.”

Source: U.S. says five Israeli military units committed human rights abuses before war – UPI.com