"Pale, cold torchlight. Slender shadows from a row of tall bamboo Flicker dimly on the coffin of a child Carried through the chilling dew. A sobbing old woman lays bare her heart. I stare at the countless stars in silence, asking myself: Since when has my soul been destroyed? And might that dark coffin of a child Not contain my corpse as well? Vaguely, from the immensity of space, I heard a star cast a soft reply."
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"The Funeral Procession", as quoted in Understanding Vietnam by Neil Jamieson (University of California Press, 1995), p. 164
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