Poem
Shang Qin
Fire Extinguisher
At noon when anger arose, I glared at the fire extinguisher on the wall.A child came up to me and said: “Look! There are two fire extinguishers in
your eyes.” Because of his innocent confession, I pinched his cheeks and
smiled, and could not help crying. I saw two mes crying separately in his
eyes. He did not tell me how many hims he saw in the mirrors of my
tears.
© Translation: 2005, Michelle Yeh
FIRE EXTINGUISHER
© 2005, Shang Qin
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Fire Extinguisher
At noon when anger arose, I glared at the fire extinguisher on the wall.A child came up to me and said: “Look! There are two fire extinguishers in
your eyes.” Because of his innocent confession, I pinched his cheeks and
smiled, and could not help crying. I saw two mes crying separately in his
eyes. He did not tell me how many hims he saw in the mirrors of my
tears.
© 2005, Michelle Yeh
Fire Extinguisher
At noon when anger arose, I glared at the fire extinguisher on the wall.A child came up to me and said: “Look! There are two fire extinguishers in
your eyes.” Because of his innocent confession, I pinched his cheeks and
smiled, and could not help crying. I saw two mes crying separately in his
eyes. He did not tell me how many hims he saw in the mirrors of my
tears.
© 2005, Michelle Yeh
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