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Jun Er

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I Saw It with My Own Eyes

it was late at night:
souls flapped against a wall
independent, alone

© Translation: 2006, Simon Patton

I SAW IT WITH MY OWN EYES

© 2006, Jun Er

Jun Er

Jun Er

More than twenty-five years of economic reform in the People’s Republic have undeniably enhanced the material well-being of millions of Chinese people. Jun Er reminds us, however, that outward prosperity has tended to undermine cultural and spiritual health.

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References

Drinking Alone

Remembrance of Things To Come

A Hundred Percent

Electric Field

The Shuffler

Close

I Saw It with My Own Eyes

it was late at night:
souls flapped against a wall
independent, alone

© 2006, Simon Patton

I Saw It with My Own Eyes

it was late at night:
souls flapped against a wall
independent, alone

© 2006, Simon Patton

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