中国大好き

Meihua Yi
CHILDHOOD

In her childhood, she says,
she never saw herself in a mirror.
When she wanted to see her own face
she bent over the rim of a vat
and looked for a while
at her floating reflection.
Sometimes the water was full to the brim,
she had to take care
not to dip in her plaits.

5/26/20
Translated by MW, July 2020

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