中国大好き

Zhu Jian
COOKING PERFORMANCE

On this National Day
the greatest patriot
I have seen
was in my WeChat.
He made pork with fried pepper.
It’s a traditional dish.
But he took out green pepper,
replaced it with red chili.
Then he wrote,
“If pepper has a particular color,
it must be China red!”

2024-10-01
Translated by MW, same day

《厨艺表演》
朱剑

国庆日
我见到的
最佳爱国者
来自我的朋友圈
他在做辣椒炒肉
这道家常菜时
把青辣椒
全部换成了
红辣椒
并配文
“如果辣椒有颜色
那一定是中国红”

（2024.10.1）

Qizi
ONE DAY IN THE HISTORY OF THE REPUBLIC

After lunch
Mama said there was a year
they really had nothing to eat.
Someone in the village
starved to death in the night.
When they found him in the morning,
half his face
had been gnawed off
by rats
who were just as hungry.

2024-10-01
Translated by MW, same day

共和国历史中的一天
起子

今天吃完中饭
我妈说起有一年
实在是没有吃的
村里有人
在半夜饿死
早上被发现时
他的半张脸
已经被同样饿坏了的
老鼠
啃掉了

2024-10-1

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