中国大好き

Xidu Heshang
TRUST

those few days of the earthquake
people in our compound
didn’t dare to sleep in their flats
they moved into tents
the contractor from the eight floor
came out to tell us:
“you don’t have to worry,
I built this myself!
all good material!
if every house in xi’an collapses
this one will still stand …”
then came the clinch:
“otherwise why would I live here,
a guy with money like me?”

Translated by MW, March 2018

标签： building, compound, contractor, earthquake, 西毒何殇, history, life, material, memory, neighbourhood, neighbours, NPC, poetry, politics, quality, society, talk, tents, trust, work, 新世纪詩典

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