A window at a time
After sex:
Do you want me to hold you?
what is it you desire?
in a dream i dreamt of — one
god
a ghostly hum,
of cicadas,
an orchestra,
an assembly line
family curse,
[observation]
A wasteland.
[hypothesis]
What is it you desire?
[after sex]
I want you to hold me.
A window at a
time. After sex: what is it
you dream of?— hold me.
Blue Đào Nguyễn (IG: @blue.ngu) is a Vietnamese-Teochew (潮州話) non-binary lesbian poet, artist, and organizer. Their work, inspired by cartography and Vietnamese architectural symbolism, explores grief, prayer, and livelihood through poetry, oral history, and traditional Viet woodworking & fiber art, using organic materials. Material as altar : Poetics as prayer. Author of Hey Siri, What Time is it in Vietnam? (GameOverBooks, 2025) and an Associate Editor at Iron Horse Literary Review . Their work is featured in Foglifter, Palette Poetry, & more. They’re a fellowship/scholarship/residency recipient of Kundiman, LAMBDA Literary, Fine Arts Work Center. More of their work can be found at bluenguyen.com.