Cherry Tomatoes

By Lee Hyang Ji

Translated by Rodney E. Tyson & Hong Eun-Taek

Poem Gate. May 30, 2001.


There were some cherry tomatoes, but now they're gone. I ate them. He ate them. The cherry tomatoes ate them. I was a cherry tomato plant, but now I'm gone. Hyojung ate me. Kyungro ate me. The cherry tomatoes ate me. Those children were appetizing cherry tomatoes, but now they're gone. I ate them. He ate them. The cherry tomatoes ate them.

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As for the cherry tomatoes, now there is only an empty container. Round, well-ripened cherry tomatoes. I met them again in the food corner of Hyundai Department Store, met one container of crimson hearts again, but now there is only the torn transparency and the empty container. They were there until morning, four crimson hearts remained in front of me, but I, the cherry tomatoes, the cherry tomato plant, one by one, washed them, ate them, so they are gone.


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