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Duo Yu
A Tale of Darkness
once, in the dark, I wrote:Why don’t you show yourself, Demon?
Stop hiding behind my back
pulling devilish faces
and so out he came—swaggering
with banners, political slogans, neighbours,
the police
and tore out a strip of light
© Translation: 2006, Simon Patton
A TALE OF DARKNESS
© 2006, Duo Yu
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A Tale of Darkness
once, in the dark, I wrote:Why don’t you show yourself, Demon?
Stop hiding behind my back
pulling devilish faces
and so out he came—swaggering
with banners, political slogans, neighbours,
the police
and tore out a strip of light
© 2006, Simon Patton
A Tale of Darkness
once, in the dark, I wrote:Why don’t you show yourself, Demon?
Stop hiding behind my back
pulling devilish faces
and so out he came—swaggering
with banners, political slogans, neighbours,
the police
and tore out a strip of light
© 2006, Simon Patton
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