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Chen Kehua
on the farce of my life
the life so studiously acted outby every individual proves
eventually to be a farce
in this farce, tears
are bona fide eye-drops
shed for a self that doesn't exist
in dreams we watch the hidden stage
of a studious planet
waiting for the entrance of meaning
but the plot gives no clues
symbols and sublimation
the farce taking time such a limited span of time . . .
"as for me . . ."
everyone leaving their seats
is as baffled as when they came in . . .
1997
© Translation: 2003, Simon Patton
ON THE FARCE OF MY LIFE
© 1997, Chen Kehua
From: Engaging in a Complicated Poetry for the Sake of Death
Publisher: Tansuo wenhua, Taipei
From: Engaging in a Complicated Poetry for the Sake of Death
Publisher: Tansuo wenhua, Taipei
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ON THE FARCE OF MY LIFE
From: Engaging in a Complicated Poetry for the Sake of Death
on the farce of my life
the life so studiously acted outby every individual proves
eventually to be a farce
in this farce, tears
are bona fide eye-drops
shed for a self that doesn't exist
in dreams we watch the hidden stage
of a studious planet
waiting for the entrance of meaning
but the plot gives no clues
symbols and sublimation
the farce taking time such a limited span of time . . .
"as for me . . ."
everyone leaving their seats
is as baffled as when they came in . . .
1997
© 2003, Simon Patton
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