Water
Water is an obedient child who does as he’s told
Poured into the round bowl, it listens and becomes round
Poured into the square bowl, it listens and becomes square
It never complains at all even if poured into the small bowl
It hears, go to the washer, and does as it’s told
It hears, go to the sewer, and does as it’s told
It hears, go to the toilet, and does as it told
Flowing, with smelly smelly poop
Until the darkness of poop prison.
Han, Hye-yung : poet, Author of children’s story, sijo-poet
Translated by Hwahyun Lee
