Bai Diu
MOTHER’S HEAD
auntie had seen the world
she always thought
mother’s hair style from the Miao mountains
too coarse, like
a snail
when mother went into the city
she waited until mother slept
then came with the scissors
cut down mother’s hair
mother woke up
discovered
her head feeling lighter
her style handed down
from the ancestors, gone
mother cried
back at the village, neighbours laughed
“a guerilla commander!”
“a new Liu Hulan!”
mother felt more ashamed
always wore a straw hat
at work in the fields
for over a year
her comb went through her empty scalp
one day her hair was long enough
she coiled it once more into a snail
went out the door, her head held high
2015-01-09
Tr. MW, Febr. 2015
标签： hair, hair style, mother
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