Yang Yan
WATCHING
Virus time means people forward these articles
where good-hearted people remind you
your every word every move every step every act
is being watched.
Who doesn’t know there are people watching?
So these people
should rather be watching this.
3/7/20
Translated by MW, April 2020
Picture by Yi Sha
CALLING NAMES
…
president berlusconi
of the united states of america
…
president erdoğan
of the united states of america
…
president orbán
of the united states of america
…
president putin
of the united states of america
…
MW March 2017
Picture by Zhang Fuqiu 张甫秋
Picture by Yi Sha
Picture by Yi Sha
Su Bugui
ARRIVALS
people’s names on the boards at arrivals
written in english
or in chinese
written in arabic script
at international arrivals, leaning against the railing
in the corridor along the exit
people are swarming
some of the names carried off by a smile or a hug
some of the names haven’t arrived at being carried off
they are waiting together
becoming familiar
some even looking in one direction
standing next to each other
beginning to talk
2014-09-29
Tr. MW, Nov. 2014
