#dear rose

[lifeinpoetry]

reader I’ve plagiarized my life to give you the best of me & these words these

insects anchovies bullets salvaged & exiled by art Ma my art these corpses I lay side by side on the page to tell you our present tense was not too late

— Ocean Vuong, from “Dear Rose,” Time Is a Mother

[gothmusiclatinamerica]

“Dear Rose” by Mexican coldwave and postpunk band Frequence Noir off of their 2018 album Lost

[lifeinpoetry]

you named me after a body of water cause it’s the largest thing you knew after god

Ocean Vuong, from “Dear Rose,” published in Harper’s

[lifeinpoetry]

my blood a borderless translation / of errors in the reader’s / hands

Ocean Vuong, from “Dear Rose,” published in Harper’s

[lifeinpoetry]

mom my art these corpses I lay side by side on the page to tell you our present tense was not too late

Ocean Vuong, from “Dear Rose,” published in Harper’s

[privateagonies]

reader I’ve plagiarized my life to give you the best of me

— Ocean Vuong, “Dear Rose” from Time Is a Mother

[losangeleslovesyou]

EXIT KIT : DEAR ROSE

[teriyakiunicorn]

Almost friday with Dear Rosemary by Foo Fighters