Biology

Abstract

Biology Ko Than Tun (bio) Translated from Burmese by ko ko thett To have sex with her just onceI've fed her my head.She looks aroused, munching my skull. I don't need a head for orgasm.To reach the climax for herselfshe will chomp on the rest of me. This isthe way of life for a pair of praying mantis.This issacrifice—for love.This is love—sacrificed for survival. [End Page 240] Ko Than Tun Ko Tan Tun was born in 1953 in Homelin, in western Burma. He was a prisoner of conscience in Monywa, Mandalay, and Insein prisons. He has been recognized with a national poetry award for his collection The Night's Storyteller (The Eras, 2018). Ko Ko Thett ko ko thett is a bilingual poet and author of several collections of poetry and poetry translations in Burmese and English. He has been featured at literary events from Sharjah to Shanghai, and his poems and translations have appeared in literary journals and anthologies worldwide. He was the poetry editor for Mekong Review from 2017 to 2022. His most recent volume is Bamboophobia (Zephyr, 2022). He lives in Norwich, U.K. Copyright © 2022 University of Hawai'i Press