中国大好き

Zhang Wenkang
MONKEY KING

More than half of the kinky underwear
in China is produced in Guanyun county.
This boy
writes his homework
every afternoon
next to his mother’s sewing machine.
In the split
between math
and Chinese
he helps his mum to carry boxes of
split-bottom lace panties.

Translated by MW, September 2018

 

 

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