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Robert Taylor—the man who was brutally skewered on bamboo spears and died at the hands of the Viet Cong while crumpled in the back of a jeep in Vietnam—was betrayed by his twin brother, whom he trusted the most, and by the commander...

around you — the ones you pass every day without really seeing. Study the curve of a coffee cup, the texture of a crumpled jacket, the architecture of a bicycle wheel. Look until familiarity dissolves and the object becomes strange...

when they will come croak croak croak croak II An old woman with her grandson Waiting for the bus to come Paying by crumpled paper money For fish-shaped buns for him One carp, another carp ... Every time the carp bread gets Into her...

One afternoon, walking through the park near my apartment, I noticed a trail of litter scattered along the path: a crumpled coffee cup, a plastic wrapper, a torn receipt. I did not have gloves or a bag with me, but I picked them up...