Xiang Lianzi
CANNOT SPEAK HIS NAME
something like expressive aphasia
we all have a problem with naming names
cannot say the time
we can only stutter
beat around the bush
a clock
turning hands
cannot say cause and effect
just hold it back
say retribution
cannot say the place
just say it was crawling with people
and mysterious creatures
with a dead body
cannot say the sea
only
salute
all of july
all the world saluting to him
we cannot say his name
7/20/17
Translated by MW, 7/20/17
标签: burial, country, death, forbidden, hospital, language, Liu Xiaobo, names, nation, place, poetry, salute, sea, Shenyang, speech, taboo, time, world, Xiang Lianzi, 劉曉波, 湘蓮子
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