“Nobody Seemed to Know” by Suchoon Mo

he was a lazy soldier
a chronic procrastinator
he had frostbite of the toes
when the winter was already over
how?
nobody seemed to know

they gave him a medal
for the frostbite
why?
nobody seemed to know

the war went on
and on and on and on
like drug addiction
why?
nobody seemed to know

–Suchoon Mo,
Frog Mantra (2012)
Accents Publishing

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Suchoon Mo is a Korean War veteran and a retired academic living in the semi-arid part of Colorado. He received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and taught at the University of Detroit and Colorado State University. He is the author of a number of scholarly papers and articles. His poems have been published in The Battered Suitcase, The Bitter Oleander, BlazeVOX, Dissident Editions, epiphany, Hobo Camp Review, Journal of Truth and Consequence, Lucid Rhythms, Mad Hatters’ Review, Message in a Bottle, The Muse, The Ranfurly Review, Segue, Spillway Review, The Tower Journal and others. His music compositions have also appeared in a number of publications.