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Drinking<\/h2>\nDrinking<\/h2>\nBefore going to drink with my old brother
\nI will unplug my telephoneComing back drunk
\nI always could not help phoning a friend
\nAfter drinkingI might look ugly
\nAnd sound piercing<\/p>\n
Waking up
\nI then realized
\nNobody would like
\nTo listen to nonsense from a drunk
\nThe voices from the phone
\nbecame strange and distanced<\/p>\n
At such a night after drinking
\nI would love Raymond Carver
\nFor two drunks
\nTo write useless poems face to face
\nFeeling neither shamed nor embarrassed<\/p>\n
I will always, always remind myself
\nBefore getting drunk
\nUnplug the telephone<\/p>\n
(Translated by Yu Zhang and edited by Tim Lilburn)<\/p>\n
Is this a tree?
\nIt is me, a human.
\nIs it a tree in winter?
\nIt is always so in all seasons of a year.
\nWhere are the leaves?
\nThe leaves are out of sight.
\nWhy have you drawn a tree?
\nI like the way it stands.
\nIt would be tired to be a tree for a lifetime, wouldn\u2019t it?
\nAlthough tired,I prefer to stand.
\nIs there nobody accompanying you?
\nOh, there are birds.
\nThere is none visible.
\nListen to the sound of wings fluttering.
\nWouldn\u2019t it look nice to draw birds on the tree?
\nI am too old and blind to see any.
\nYou are unable at all to draw a bird, aren\u2019t you?
\nYes,I am unable.
\nYou are a stupid old tree.
\nI am.<\/p>\n
2013.12.12.<\/p>\n
(Translated by Yu Zhang)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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