The Silent Tea Party

Remembering writer Phu Thang

The mat is spread out next to each other.
Holding hands and wishing you good health for a long time
Mr. Phu (*) still laughs loudly.
Pure white grapefruit flowers smell of flying rain…

Warm palm brown leather cup
Outside the porch, the seeds are falling quickly.
Sadness in my life
The scent of tea and orchids gently settle into each other.

There is no whispering voice.
Outside is a quiet rain
Laughing makes me want to cry
Life is full of things and yet it is not.

My childhood buffalo herding classmate
How many people can sit together?
Wordless party of grapefruit tea
Spring love drinks all the years...
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(*) Phu Thang's real name is Nguyen Trong Phu.