中国大好き

MEETING

The worker in front of my building asks,
what was there before?
He points at the ruins.
I don’t understand.
He came in after the big demolition,
he says.
A museum,
a very big gallery.
I’m not sure he understands.
But he knows
we couldn’t rent anything better
than the buildings still standing
in this faraway village.
I wish we could have met
under different circumstances.

MW June 20, 2024

photo by Duan Weiguo

见面

农民工朋友问
这儿原来有啥
我先不明白
他說拆后才来
我說有博物馆
有大艺术展厅
他不一定明白
不过他知道
这村子很偏僻
肯定不能租
更好地方
但愿我们能
在更好的情况
见面

2024.6.20

标签： art, country, demolishing, demolition, exhibition, exhibitions, history, life, memory, money, museum, people, question, questions, rent, Shangyuan Art Museum, talk, village

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