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Fang Xianhai
Ruins
I walk past the ruinsthe roof has flown off
the me on the roof
is gone with them
a long time ago
I sat up there
born with a gift for flight
I sat in the shadow of birds
bulldozers roared past
the first joint
the first sex
the world was once
whole and complete for these
© Translation: 2009, Simon Patton and Guan Zhen
RUINS
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RUINS
Ruins
I walk past the ruinsthe roof has flown off
the me on the roof
is gone with them
a long time ago
I sat up there
born with a gift for flight
I sat in the shadow of birds
bulldozers roared past
the first joint
the first sex
the world was once
whole and complete for these
© 2009, Simon Patton and Guan Zhen
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