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Duo Yu

A Tale of Darkness

once, in the dark, I wrote:
Why don’t you show yourself, Demon?
Stop hiding behind my back
pulling devilish faces
  

and so out he came—swaggering
with banners, political slogans, neighbours,
the police
and tore out a strip of light

A TALE OF DARKNESS

Duo Yu

Duo Yu

(China, 1973)

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A TALE OF DARKNESS

A Tale of Darkness

once, in the dark, I wrote:
Why don’t you show yourself, Demon?
Stop hiding behind my back
pulling devilish faces
  

and so out he came—swaggering
with banners, political slogans, neighbours,
the police
and tore out a strip of light
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