中国大好き

Xiao Xia
CRAWLING ALL OVER TO LOOK FOR THEIR TEETH

Fireworks for the ancestors
at Tomb-Sweeping Day were too loud,
Elder Brother Shu’s 6000-Yuan false teeth
got shattered and knocked out of his mouth.
Eldest Brother saw what happened
and helped in the search.
Brother Shu whispered to his older brother,
smaller movements, please!
Don’t let the young ones know two local cadres
are crawling all over looking for teeth.

Translated by MW, December 2020

Xiao Xia, orig. name Xie Zihong, born in the 1980s in Laibin, Guangxi. Writes poetry since 2017, has published in local and foreign magazines and anthologies. 《新诗典》小档案：小虾，原名谢字红，女，广西来宾人，80后，汉族，2017年开始写诗。主要作品有《买烟》《殉情者》《敬》《查房》等，作品发表于《新世纪诗典》《AAA诗歌排行榜》《麒麟》《文学桂军二十年》《广西当代诗歌集》（俄语版）《中国口语诗歌年鉴》（2019卷）等。

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