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This page invokes religious self-sacrifice and named identities in a terse, unsettled way that feels closer to notebook inquiry than finished poem.

The lines are sparse but they circle martyrdom, faith, and history. The effect is jagged, as if the page is trying to pin a moral comparison before it slips away.

Did Juan Dok. A Buddhist set himself afire in Vietnam, whose heart would not burn. You Tir Tong Bleu, Catholic, Viet tong. A four-phrase memorial naming particular deaths across faith lines. The dedication that opened the book reappears as elegy.