中国大好き

Tie Xin
WEANING

these days
the kid
is getting weaned
this means I as the father
have to cooperate
this means time and again
to be firm
to grab him
to pull him away
from his mother’s chest
to ignore
time and again the explosions
of crying
till I get him to sleep

Tr. MW, May 2015

标签： breastfeeding, children, cruelty, crying, explosions, 铁心, father, mother, parents, poetry, sleep, Tie Xin, time, 新世纪诗典

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