He Ying
WINTER CLOTHING DAY
moon calendar, tenth month and first day, midnight
at the crossroads, still a few heaps of burnt paper
swaying in the cold wind
a beggar comes and kneels down, both knees on the ground,
makes a bow
to the rest of a fire
to light a cigarette
Translated by MW, May 2019
标签: ancestors, beggar, clothes, cold, dead, death, fire, ghosts, Halloween, He Ying, NPC, paper, poetry, sacrifice, seasons, smoke, society, tradition, winter, 新世纪詩典, 何婴



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