Blue Nguyen

hey siri            what time
is it in vietnam?

how can i tell if my
roommate’s cat is mad at me?
 
            am i gay?
is my family sorry?                 fuck you.
 
write a poem about a girl.      
 
how do i know if i am a lesbian?
 
am i a boy?    
am i a boy?
 
what happened                        to icarus?
why     am      i          so       lonely?
 
search for homes near me.
            what am i,
a boy?
 
                                    do i like girls?
                                    what happens after we die?
 
how can i        ask my             dad
            for more time
?
                                                what
            time is             it in                  vietnam?
 
                        i am angry at
            my dad,          
           
how do i ask for                      more
time?
 
hey
                                    siri
is a       girl
who is a           boy
who     likes    girls
a dead              boy?
 
                        how do            i forgive
my dad?                     
 
search
for homes near me.
 
how do
i           translate                      forgiveness
                        into
vietnamese?               
translate         
                        i wish
            we        had      more
time    
into                 
vietnamese.


Blue Nguyen (they/he) (Instagram: @blue.ngu and on Twitter: @queerqhost) is a Vietnamese non-binary lesbian poet and community organizer based out of Boston, MA. They have been nominated for Best of the Net Anthology and Best New Poets Anthology. Their poetry can be found at The Mantle Poetry, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Protean Magazine, Prolit Magazine, DEAR Poetry Journal, Peach Mag, and more.