中国大好き

Liu Aofu
​BACK UP
​
​My car had almost reached
​the end of the street,
​but now there was another car
​coming straight at me.
​He wouldn’t let me pass,
even told me,
this is a one-way street,
what are you doing?
I said, could you just back up a bit,
then I can drive right out of this street.
He wouldn’t let me.
I wanted to get out to argue with him,
but now behind him, there was another car.
I wanted to argue with both of them,
but behind them
the third one arrived.
I gave up,
sad and dejected,
backing up carefully
along the river dyke.
It was quite a few kilometres,
they followed me slowly,
back all the way.

Tr. MW in February 2024

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