Poem
Han Dong
Neon Sign
unable to sleep, I open my eyes
in the dark, the shape of a window
so I sit up in bed. look (I tell myself)
outside the sky is gloomy
even blacker are the distant treetops
in the air above them, there’s a neon sign
flashing quietly in synch with the glow of my cigarette
it’s a line of words. it says:
“I LOVE YOU”
© Translation: 2006, Simon Patton
NEON SIGN
© 2003, Han Dong
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Neon Sign
unable to sleep, I open my eyes
in the dark, the shape of a window
so I sit up in bed. look (I tell myself)
outside the sky is gloomy
even blacker are the distant treetops
in the air above them, there’s a neon sign
flashing quietly in synch with the glow of my cigarette
it’s a line of words. it says:
“I LOVE YOU”
© 2006, Simon Patton
Neon Sign
unable to sleep, I open my eyes
in the dark, the shape of a window
so I sit up in bed. look (I tell myself)
outside the sky is gloomy
even blacker are the distant treetops
in the air above them, there’s a neon sign
flashing quietly in synch with the glow of my cigarette
it’s a line of words. it says:
“I LOVE YOU”
© 2006, Simon Patton
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