Poem
Aung Khin Myint
National Anthem 38
as a rehearsalshe dropped a Barbie doll
from the twelfth floor balcony
netted are
the masses whose gills palpitate
all the time she was fancying
the thicket of hair on Karl Marx’s chest
dressed as Catwoman, wielding a whip,
she whips
the gentlemen in Superman costumes
into masturbation
that woman in camo
doesn’t recall her childhood any more
in yours truly
schizophrenic nation
© Translation: 2018, ko ko thett
National Anthem 38
National Anthem 38
© 2015, Aung Khin Myint
From: National Anthem
Publisher: Fifteenth Century First Press, Yangon
From: National Anthem
Publisher: Fifteenth Century First Press, Yangon
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National Anthem 38
as a rehearsalshe dropped a Barbie doll
from the twelfth floor balcony
netted are
the masses whose gills palpitate
all the time she was fancying
the thicket of hair on Karl Marx’s chest
dressed as Catwoman, wielding a whip,
she whips
the gentlemen in Superman costumes
into masturbation
that woman in camo
doesn’t recall her childhood any more
in yours truly
schizophrenic nation
© 2018, ko ko thett
From: National Anthem
From: National Anthem
National Anthem 38
as a rehearsalshe dropped a Barbie doll
from the twelfth floor balcony
netted are
the masses whose gills palpitate
all the time she was fancying
the thicket of hair on Karl Marx’s chest
dressed as Catwoman, wielding a whip,
she whips
the gentlemen in Superman costumes
into masturbation
that woman in camo
doesn’t recall her childhood any more
in yours truly
schizophrenic nation
© 2018, ko ko thett
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