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THE CHINESE SENSE OF REALITY COMES FROM AN UNIMAGINABLY POWERFUL ACTUALITY
The necessary connection’s found
The necessary cash doled out But the friend’s loan Is yet to be granted The reason’s quickly uncovered The bird sent to the bank manager Was two hours late Burning with impatience He’d taken Viagra And his golden gun wouldn’t fall Just bluntly sticking out there A burning desire Idly wasting away Dry wood and a raging flame Ultimately reduced to a single shot And a fury That can only be resolved by revenge And so nothing was done “Just because of this?” “Just because of this!” The friend’s calm Makes me ashamed Of my shock As a writer I’m ignorant of reality And if I write it as it is Afraid even more ignorant readers Will shout “beat the fraud” |
© Yi Sha |
© Translation: 2007, Simon Patton, Tao Naikan, Michael M. Day |