which is a disgusting language
I know.
Here a forest
translates to a clearing
giving way to a lake.
Here a naked girl
pulls herself out of the water
& I call her all sorts of sweet things
I did not invent: incandescent
oriental fox / eyed
goddess other
glutinous delicacies.
In this painting all bodies speak english
Noel Yu-Jen
Noel Yu-Jen earned her B.A. in Spanish & Portuguese from Princeton University. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in West Branch, ghost city review, and diode poetry. She lives & writes in Brooklyn.