Father beats her with a belt in her dreams.
and mother stopped breathing for one minute.
Oh, but she loves to eat mint-chocolate ice cream.
Did you know she smiled
at her grandfather’s shrouding?
Today the garden is infested
with mango bugs.
and just yesterday                                
she saw the blood of Samar on the College bridge
Close your eyes, they said
Why,
is there anything else left to see?