The Heugum's Call
The haegeum weeps in Moonlit alleyways, its voice a fracture in the silence Of steel children, Dream Beneath rusted awnings, un- shackled not by law but by the pulse of the unheard, Across the D- Militarized Zone Sparrows dance border -less, bold in their ignorance Of men. Someone plays. The haegeum in a Hidden room of Seoul, and the Note hovers longer than the orders ev- er could. She held the bow like Memory~tight-fist -Ed and trembling. Each scrape across the Strings peeled back a rule, an an cestor’s silence, un- 'til the room was full Of ghosts learning how to breathe "Inhale and exhale."