中国大好き

Lan Du
OLD HOME

they talk about where their families come from
some from Shaanxi
some from Henan
or Yuannan or Sichuan.
Most come from Jiangsu.
When they ask me, I say Gansu.
Some person asks if it is a district in Shaanxi
Some shake their heads
they simply don’t know
later, finally someone says
they had an earthquake this year
as soon as he says it
the earth trembles again in my heart.

2013-09-28
Tr. MW, 2015

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