that night I swallowed whole a town somersaulting through penalties a hot bowl of phở falls with a thud in the sinking summer light other people scream as ball touches hand outside a highway petrol station as the game clock stops i see a cat edging along the windowsill like it just stole some milk from the nipple of the lady with curly hair deeply engrossed in the tv of a turbulent bar remnants of battle we shriek at each other from down the street drinking keg beer and shitchatting drunk i know the hanging wall clocks will stop in unison at midnight after humanity is redeemed by a cup - translated by Kaitlin Rees