Monologue for an Onion is a poem by Suji Kwock Kim that is separated into 10 triplets The poem describes the chopping of a metaphorical onion The onion is one side or one person in a rocky relationship between lovers who are struggling to find peace and balance The first triplet tells how someone is being emotionally hurt by their companion the onion and is crying l 1 but continues to stick with him or her getting to know them more and more by peeling away my body layer by layer l 3 The lover c