The Gift Annotated

a b c a b c a b c

She doesn't know what comes after.
So we begin again:

a b c a b c a b c

But I can see the fourth letter:
a strand of black hair --- unraveled
from the alphabet
& written
on her cheek.

Even now the nail salon
will not leave her: isopropyle acetate,
ethyl acetate, chloride, sodium lauryl
sulfate & sweat fuming
through her pink
I ❤️️ NY t-shirt

a b c a b c a -- the pencil snaps.

The b bursting its belly
as dark dust blows
through a blue-lined sky.

Don't move, she says, as she picks
a wing bone of graphite
from the yellow carcass, slides it back
between my fingers.
Again. & again

I see it: The strand of hair lifting
from her face... how it fell
onto the page -- & lived
with no sound. Like a word.
I still hear it.

The Gift Q&A

Who wrote The Gift's ?

The Gift was written by Ocean Vuong.

When did Ocean Vuong release The Gift?

Ocean Vuong released The Gift on Fri Apr 01 2016.

What did Ocean Vuong say about "The Gift"?

From Night Sky with Exit Wounds' “Notes” section: “‘The Gift’ is after Li-Young Lee.”

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