中国大好き

Ai Hao
WAITING IN LINE

at the hospital waiting in line
to pay for registration
suddenly he tells me
he wants to go to the bathroom
I let him stand in line
while I go to ask at the counter
then I come back to tell him
go to the second floor, take a left then go straight
it is on the right side
when you keep to the right you can see it
after a while he comes back
all confused.
“I couldn’t find it,
you know I can’t read
everywhere they’re waiting in line
and I didn’t smell
anything like a toilet!”

Tr. MW, Oct. 2014

标签： Ai Hao, culture, 艾蒿, family, hospital, reading, toilet, waiting, writing, yi sha, 新世纪诗典

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