Half-Brother

~For Dung Nguyen

Oh, your eyes,

without a doubt,

your eyes are us—

Da Nang to Cam Ranh

in all that we are different.

I was never the oldest,

cast down

to purgatory,

in just under an hour.

Your tongue trips on English tar:

Found you.

Long time.

Too long.

I love my young shitter.

Where my fodder?

I want meet him, to see him.

I made promises

like Nixon and Ford:

Soon. You’ll meet our father soon.

About the author

Nancy Byrne Iannucci is the author of Temptation of Wood (Nixes Mate Review 2018) and Goblin Fruit (Impspired 2021). Her poems have appeared in numerous publications including Autumn Sky Poetry, Gargoyle, Bending Genres, Clementine Unbound, Dodging the Rain, 8 Poems, Glass: A Journal of Poetry (Poets Resist), Hobo Camp Review, and Typehouse Literary Magazine. Nancy is a Long Island, New York native who now resides in Troy, New York, where she teaches history at the Emma Willard School. Web: https://www.nancybyrneiannucci.com/