University of Central Missouri, Department of English and Philosophy
Article
because time when words could work has passed (3/30
| a 22 | areas 1 | brilliant 2 | declare 1 |
| about 1 | armed 2 | bring 1 | declared 1 |
| above 1 | arms 1 | build 1 | defend 2 |
| abroad 2 | army 2 | but 5 | defensive 1 |
| according 1 | army's 1 | by 6 | demarcation 1 |
| Accordingly 1 | arousing 1 | campaign 1 | denunciation 1 |
| accounts 1 | as 3 | can 1 | desire 1 |
| achieve 1 | ashes 1 | cannot 1 | despite 1 |
| action 1 | at 8 | challenge 1 | destroy 1 |
| actions 1 | attack 2 | chance 1 | develop 1 |
| actual 2 | attempt 2 | cherished 1 | different 1 |
| advantage 1 | away 1 | claiming 1 | dignity 3 |
| against 2 | B-2A 2 | clearly 4 | dint 1 |
| aggression 3 | B-52 1 | come 2 | do-or-die 2 |
| aggressive 1 | bases 4 | commander 3 | DPRK 19 |
| aggressors 1 | battle 3 | commanding 1 | DPRK-targeted 1 |
| air 1 | be 9 | conflict 1 | drill 3 |
| all 8 | because 1 | confrontation 1 | dropping 1 |
| all-out 3 | best 1 | content 1 | duty 1 |
| all-people 1 | between 1 | convened 1 | earth 2 |
| ally 1 | beyond 1 | could 1 | encroach 1 |
| along 1 | blackmail 2 | counter 1 | end 1 |
| also 1 | blitz 1 | counteraction 2 | ended 1 |
| also 1 | blow 1 | country 1 | enemies 2 |
| ambition 1 | blows 1 | cover 1 | entered 4 |
| an 10 | bomber 1 | day 1 | epochal 1 |
| and 57 | bombers 2 | day-war 1 | era 3 |
| anger 1 | bombing 1 | dealt 1 | escape 1 |
| annihilate 1 | bombs 1 | dear 1 | esteem 1 |
| answer 1 | bound 1 | death-defying 1 | evade 1 |
| anti-reunification 1 | brandishing 1 | decision 5 | even 2 |
| any 4 | break 1 | decisive 1 | examined 1 |
| are 5 | brigandish 1 | decisively 1 | exist 1 |
| area 2 | bright 1 | declaration 1 | extraordinary 1 |
| extreme 1 | hostile 2 | leadership 2 | north-south 1 |
| extremely 1 | however 1 | letting 1 | not 6 |
| fail 1 | human 1 | limit 1 | nothing 2 |
| final 5 | hurting 1 | limited 1 | notice 1 |
| finally 1 | if 1 | line 2 | now 4 |
| firepower 2 | igniting 1 | local 1 | nuclear 9 |
| first 1 | immediately 1 | long-standing 1 | occasion 1 |
| five 1 | imperialists 4 | madcap 1 | occupy 1 |
| fly 1 | important 2 | made 5 | of 57 |
| flying 1 | in 22 | mainland 3 | on 6 |
| follows 1 | including 6 | make 1 | once 1 |
| for 11 | Chongwadae 1 | maniacs 1 | one 3 |
| force 2 | institutions 1 | Marshal 2 | only 1 |
| forces 5 | inter-Korean 1 | matchless 1 | open 1 |
| fought 1 | interests 2 | means 1 | opening 1 |
| from 6 | into 4 | meeting 2 | openly 2 |
| front 1 | invade 1 | men 1 | operation 2 |
| full 1 | involving 1 | merciless 2 | operational 1 |
| give 1 | iron 1 | mercilessly 1 | or 1 |
| giving 1 | irritate 1 | mettle 1 | order 1 |
| golden 1 | is 8 | might 1 | organizations 1 |
| gone 2 | islands 1 | military 7 | other 4 |
| government 1 | issues 1 | Military-First 1 | out 2 |
| grave 1 | it 7 | miss 1 | over 1 |
| great 4 | its 11 | moment 1 | overpower 1 |
| greatest-ever 1 | Jeju Island 1 | monuments 1 | overseas 1 |
| grim 1 | judgment 1 | more 1 | Pacific 2 |
| grit 1 | just 3 | most 1 | participate 1 |
| group 2 | justice 2 | moves 4 | parties 1 |
| grudge 1 | Kim Jong Un 4 | Mt. Paektu 3 | passed 1 |
| Guam 1 | know 1 | nation 1 | past 1 |
| has 4 | Korea 7 | nation-wide 1 | peace 1 |
| have 6 | Korean 8 | national 4 | peerlessly 1 |
| Hawaii 2 | Korean People's | naturally 1 | Peninsula 2 |
| heinous 2 | Army 1 | nature 1 | pent-up 1 |
| heroic 1 | Koreans 2 | neither 1 | people 6 |
| high 1 | KPA 4 | never 1 | performance 1 |
| him 2 | lame 1 | new 1 | perpetrate 1 |
| history 1 | land 2 | no 1 | personnel 3 |
| Holding 1 | last 1 | nor 1 | phase 4 |
| home 2 | lead 1 | north 3 | physical 1 |
| plan 1 | sacred 1 | that 9 | what 1 |
| policy 1 | say 1 | the 144 | when 3 |
| political 1 | says 1 | theatres 1 | which 2 |
| politics 1 | scum 1 | their 5 | who 1 |
| power 1 | seas 1 | they 3 | will 19 |
| preemptive 1 | self-evident 1 | things 1 | win 1 |
| pretext 1 | senses 1 | this 7 | with 8 |
| prevailing 1 | served 1 | threat 1 | without 3 |
| previous 1 | service 3 | threats 1 | words 1 |
| prior 1 | settle 1 | three 1 | work 1 |
| proves 1 | should 1 | three-dimension- | |
| provide 1 | showdown 1 | al 1 | |
| provocation 4 | shows 1 | through 1 | |
| provokers 1 | situation 2 | thus 1 | |
| punish 1 | sky 2 | time 3 | |
| puppet 3 | slightest 1 | to 34 | |
| puppets 5 | So'ngun 2 | traitors 1 | |
| put 1 | solemnly 2 | true 1 | |
| putting 1 | sorties 1 | turn 1 | |
| ratified 1 | south 12 | U.S. 17 | |
| reached 1 | sovereignty 3 | ultra-modern 1 | |
| realize 2 | stage 2 | unanimous 1 | |
| rear 1 | stand 1 | under 1 | |
| reckless 3 | state 3 | unpardonable 1 | |
| reduce 1 | statement 1 | up 2 | |
| reflecting 1 | steadfast 1 | upon 1 | |
| reflects 1 | stealth 2 | urgent 1 | |
| regards 1 | strategic 5 | used 1 | |
| regulations 1 | strength 1 | vent 1 | |
| relations 2 | strike 6 | victory 2 | |
| repeated 1 | strong 3 | violate 1 | |
| resistance 1 | succession 1 | vociferated 1 | |
| resolute 2 | supreme 3 | waiting 1 | |
| resorted 1 | Supreme Com- | war 23 | |
| respected 1 | mand 3 | warmongers 2 | |
| retaliatory 1 | surging 1 | warning 1 | |
| reunification 4 | swept 1 | warnings 1 | |
| revealing 1 | symbolic 1 | wartime 1 | |
| revolutionary 2 | take 1 | was 2 | |
| rocket 1 | taking 1 | weapons 1 | |
| ruling 1 | targeting 1 | West Sea 1 |
[End Page 80]
| who will winwith without words |
[End Page 81]
Sueyeun Juliette Lee
Sueyeun Juliette Lee grew up 3 miles from the CIA and currently lives in Denver, CO where she works as the Program Director at Chinook Fund, a social justice foundation. A former Pew Fellow in the Arts for Literature, she also makes video and installation arts. Her next book, Aerial Concave Without Cloud, is forthcoming with Nightboat Books in 2021. Find her at silentbroadcast.com.
