An American Self-Destructs into the American
- An American Self-Destructs into the American
An American Self-Destructs into the American
I leftuh the jar in Koleeah ah my language forgets mebut I Sejong like a bird like sae like new each timelike resold to someone who didn't know the object's pastif it's sae to me then it's sae to you sae sae sae Sejongking of lines squares & circles king ofmagnifying my linguistic worth books mocking my suhmneedahs& eolma aeh yo how much how much do I have to payto pay the toll for loving both yah sahlanghaejooh I say to my alphabetlubbuh me gatchi muhkjah but the alphabet refusesmy invitation to lunch it starves lykuh me lykuh me it refusesthe anchors that swing from the mouth swinging to pull downthe body of a cracked jar spilling ledduh hoowye eetuh & bloo uh [End Page 54]
Jenifer Sang Eun Park is the author of Autobiography of Horse, selected by Wong May as a co-winner of the 2018 Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize. She lives in Tuscaloosa and teaches at the University of Alabama, where she earned her MFA in Poetry.
