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Thursday, September 3, 2009

Finally got to write Haikus
















Two days ago our power was out (and it still is). No big deal. It has happened before. We assumed that everyone’s power was out too. That night when we came back to our apartment, the power was still out and everyone around us had power. Suddenly in realization, we remembered that piece of paper that had been pushed under our door that morning. It was in Vietnamese so we didn’t know what it said. Please enjoy this little snippet of our night:


Getting light by flame
And a headlamp on my head
We write this for you

Erica translates
That power is not on
We already knew
















The name on the bill
We do not know who they are
But they didn’t pay

Our landlord is nice
She doesn’t speak English, so
We don’t really know

It is fortunate
There is no meat in our fridge
It would stink by now

What perfect timing
Day before a holiday
No one to help us

Independence Day
Is a holiday for us
And for our power














Entertain ourselves
Shadow puppets on the wall
The milk is lukewarm

Look for my glasses
I hear a soft crunching sound
Oh, not a good noise














Electricity
We’ve taken you for granted
Now we are sorry

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Your glasses??? Did they survive?

Unknown said...

That was fun, I enjoyed it.

Unknown said...

Hey...I enjoyed it too....Thinking of you...hoping you have electricity now..and did for your birthday! :) Seems strange to think you have already finished with this day!