Artist Yoo, Heeju<\/p>\n

A Bird Sign<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The first stroke of the character \u201cbul\u201d \u4e0d stands for \u2018sky\u2019: —
\nThe arrow under \u2018sky\u2019 is shaped
\nAfter the wings and tail of a bird.
\nThis Chinese letter \u201cbul\u201d\u4e0d shows
\nA bird pointing to the center of the sky:
\nIt is a baby bird flapping its wings to fly high, simply out of \u00a0\u00a0love, its nest,
\nEven the eyes of a leaf bud see only sky and cannot see the bird.
\nSo the sign \u201dbul\u201d \u2018\u4e0d\u2019 means \u2018not(seen)\u2019.
\nSome call the sign an arrow, a bloody word,
\nBut let\u2019s call it a bird, pecking at the nipple of the sky, and flying back home to its nest
\nRather than an arrow, which flies and does not return.
\nIf you follow the sign, \u201cNo!\u201d I told you it\u2019s not!
\nYou would meet the clouds of its feathers
\nAbandoned in the past.
\nYou shall sit on the eggs again, eggs that have rusted and become iron beads
\nWhenever you waved your hand while frowning angrily.
\nLet\u2019s abandon the arrow
\nThat leaves you dead and only me alive.
\nThere is death at the end of an arrow\u2019s flight.
\nThere is a crow. There is a history of maggots.
\nLet\u2019s call it a bluebird sign, with beautiful eyes,
\nIts beak toward the sky.
\nLet it be a morning bird sign,
\nReleasing even the air it grabs, to sing its song and return.<\/p>\n

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– Some Things Do Not Hurt, Even if They Get in My Eyes-<\/p>\n

(Chang-bi Publisher, 2016)<\/p>\n

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\uc0c8\ud45c<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u4e0d\uc758 \uccab \ud68d, \u4e00\uc740 \ud558\ub298\uc774\ub2e4.
\n\ud558\ub298 \uc544\ub798 \ud654\uc0b4\ud45c \ubaa8\uc591\uc740
\n\uc0c8\uc758 \uc591 \ub0a0\uac1c\uc640 \uaf41\uc9c0\uae43\uc744 \ubcf8\ub5b4\ub2e4.
\n\u4e0d\uc774\ub780 \ud55c\uc790\uc5d4 \ud558\ub298 \ubcf5\ud310\uc5d0 \uc810\uc744 \ucc0d\ub294 \uc0c8\uac00 \uc788\ub2e4.
\n\uc0ac\ub791\ub9cc\uc73c\ub85c \uc19f\uad6c\uccd0 \uc624\ub974\ub294 \ucca0\ubd80\uc9c0 \ub0a0\uac2f\uc9d3\uc774 \uc788\ub2e4.
\n\ud558\ub298\ub9cc \ubcf4\ub294 \uc2f9\ub208\uc5d0\uac8c\ub3c4 \uc0c8\uac00 \uc548 \ubcf4\uc778\ub2e4.
\n\uc544\ub2c8 \ubcf4\uc5ec\uc11c, \uc544\ub2c8 \u4e0d\uc774\ub2e4.
\n\ud654\uc0b4\ud45c\ub77c\ub294 \ud53c \ubb3b\uc740 \uc774\ub984\uc744 \ubc84\ub9ac\uc790.
\n\uac00\uc11c \ub3cc\uc544\uc624\uc9c0 \uc54a\ub294 \ud654\uc0b4\uc774 \uc544\ub2c8\ub77c
\n\ub465\uc9c0\ub85c \ub0a0\uc544\uc624\ub294 \uc0c8\ud45c\ub77c \ubd80\ub974\uc790.
\n\ud558\ub298\uc758 \uc816\uaf2d\uc9c0 \ucabc\ub7ec\uac00\ub294 \ud558\ub298\uc0c8\ud45c\ub77c \ud558\uc790.
\n\uc0c8\ud45c\ub97c \ub530\ub77c\uac00\uba74, \uc544\ub2c8\uc57c! \uadf8\uac8c \uc544\ub2c8\ub77c\ub2c8\uae4c!
\n\uadf8\uac04 \ub0b4\ud33d\uac1c\uce5c \uc0c8\ud138\uad6c\ub984\uc744 \ub9cc\ub098\ub9ac\ub77c.
\n\ub208 \uce58\ucf1c\ub728\uace0 \uc190\uc0ac\ub798 \uce60 \ub54c\ub9c8\ub2e4 \uc1e0\uad6c\uc2ac\ub85c \ub179\uc2a4\ub294 \uc0c8\uc54c\ub4e4
\n\ub2e4\uc2dc \ud488\uac8c \ub418\ub9ac\ub77c. \ub108\ub294 \uc8fd\uace0 \ub098\ub9cc \uc0b4\uc544\uc57c \ud55c\ub2e4\ub294
\n\ud654\uc0b4\ud45c\ub294 \ubc84\ub9ac\uc790. \ud654\uc0b4\ud45c \ub05d\uc790\ub9ac\uc5d4 \uc8fc\uac80\uc774 \uc788\ub2e4.
\n\uae4c\ub9c8\uadc0\uac00 \uc788\ub2e4. \uad6c\ub354\uae30\uc758 \uc5ed\uc0ac\uac00 \uc788\ub2e4.
\n\uc30d\uaebc\ud480 \uc544\ub984\ub2e4\uc6b4 \ud30c\ub791\uc0c8\ud45c\ub77c \ubd80\ub974\uc790.
\n\ud558\ub298\uc758 \uaf2d\uc9d3\uc810\uc740 \uc0c8\uc758 \ubd80\ub9ac\uac00 \ucc0d\ub294 \uac83,
\n\uc6c0\ucf1c\uc7a1\uc558\ub358 \ud5c8\uacf5\ub9c8\uc800 \ud480\uc5b4\ub193\uace0\ub294
\n\ub178\ub798\ub9cc \ubb3c\uace0 \uc624\ub294 \uc544\uce68\uc0c8\ud45c\uac00 \ub418\uc790.<\/p>\n

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