Tet Singing Cure (Almost a Ghost)

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for children and their caretakers during wartime

Co Tu sang   not sleeping
  the lamp lit
one year old toddler me near-death
war attack aftermath with stomach sickness
   having eaten corn   the available food
         in the form of western aid
  meager rations and poor water
the girl alone took ill

   a tall front door and white orchids
parquet flooring   toddler floppy
  sick or dying

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