Over the Course of Several Decades Following the Korean War, South Korea Became the World’s Largest Supplier of Children to Developed Countries

Some(where a) woman wears the face once given. Possessions scarce we go halves on slant of eye & span of palm with cousin & other ghosts. Where is the man with the face lent mother? Fathers rare;infant found at Shinkyo police station box—official shoes careened around fortune of Name & birth, pin & note. Elsewhere (Norway, Australia) another Korean National bears the imprint of my din. Cribs, nurse, hands, rice-milk powder, down & rocked—carefully dated checks. American/Father asks Why. We don’t speak. Years burn to decades, this permanent occupation.