09 January 2012

chinese translation #33


the powder is a good thing
      it’s not written for long
and time is the character-builder
   even if things get ugly
we all know that the ghost builds a wall
from north to south
from both sides of her mouth
     but a man who is amiable   sincere and unshakeable
isn’t   necessarily
             comprehensively faithful
or even able
   to escape the unstable
smiling and nodding but
         starting to waver
it is not noble
      to cut
            you cut
   through-cut

do it how you like
to get things done
   to make the most of the sun
to have a desire to communicate
the companionship
         share both the good
and the well-fed
the quick
           and the instead
   a desire
for death and
   formality
         but not only in education
   also in
libation
   and pro   cras   tination

look to the full moon
   through georgia fog
through decatur night
      if the timing is right
look for the water
      watch it rise
heart
    to the
beat
      shuffle your slow feet
face the smile
that is looking at you
      it’s all that you have to do
you never know who is looking
                                                     at you

prayers   wait for answers

color   is beautiful

the wish waits for a coin

at the bottom   of the well
      but it is still 
   too soon 
to tell




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