58) Like a Dog* (Dog Series)

       Wolran Kim

 

1

I don’t like the human eyes that never stop judging

Since eating the fruit of the Tree of Good and Evil

Thus, I don’t even watch my own eyes in the mirror

I like Toby’s eyes that keep asking

before eating the fruit of the Tree

Why, will I die if I eat chocolate?

Why, are you staying home all day, every day?

Why, do you seem happy today?

Why, are you crying now?

How many poems are in the Dog Series?

Blink, blink, just like a white paper

I like Toby’s eyes that ask again and again

On asad day, he lies flat on the ground right by the door

Waiting for his human mom all day

Today, I just wanna go into his little house as a dog

The horrible sound even from a distance

People bad-mouthing, in my old age

Indeed, I really wanna be a BITCH

 

2

If I have a lover who’s like a dog, I’ll be happy

Even if I just look at him back, he’ll be grateful lying flat

While following me like a shadow

If I have a lover who’s like a dog

He’ll run to me, cocking up his ears

By the sound of my walking on the carpet

If I have a lover who’s like a dog

In front of the bathroom, or in front of the bathtub

Waiting for me habitually lying flat

If I have a lover who’s like a dog

He’ll cry without taking a breath like dispersed families

Even from a moment of separation

If I have a lover who’s like a dog

 

* Like a dog: This expression is anabusive, degradingphrasein Korea