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    Jin Haishu

    Side by side

    Getting close

    we’re estranged by conversation:
    each little remark brings us that little bit further
    apart
    mutual retreat is our way of getting close
    we hold up our faces
    let them do the talking
    as we grow stranger
    © Translation: 2005, Simon Patton

    GETTING CLOSE

    © 2005, Jin Haishu
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    Getting close

    we’re estranged by conversation:
    each little remark brings us that little bit further
    apart
    mutual retreat is our way of getting close
    we hold up our faces
    let them do the talking
    as we grow stranger
    © 2005, Simon Patton

    Getting close

    we’re estranged by conversation:
    each little remark brings us that little bit further
    apart
    mutual retreat is our way of getting close
    we hold up our faces
    let them do the talking
    as we grow stranger
    © 2005, Simon Patton
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