Xiang Lianzi
JAPAN VISA
I hand over
my household registration,
my ID card.
my passport,
a certificate from my work
for how many years of employment,
how much I make every month,
how many days of vacation they gave me,
how much of that I’ll be spending abroad.
Proof that I own my apartment,
dirver’s licence,
bank certificate, signed and stamped
about my income this year
and over 100.000 in my my account.
It wasn’t easy, but someone
went for me to the people’s court
in another city 500 miles away
and copied
my divorce agreement
from 27 years ago.
My Shiba Inu,
pure Japanese breed,
secretly
went along after me,
also like some kind of
proof.
6/9/18
Translated by MW, Sept. 2018
伊沙主持 | 新世纪诗典8一周联展（2018.7.15——7.21）
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