I Can Almost See The Clouds of Dust: Selected Poetry of Yu Xiang

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CONTENTS ix My Children Will Return Me to Solitude Fiona Sze-Lorrain I YOU’RE SIMPLY CHEZ MOI 我的房子 2 My House 街头 4 Street 理所当然 6 It Goes Without Saying 绘画生涯 8 A Painting Life 所以你爱我 14 So You Love Me II THIS PERSON IS VANISHING 低调 20 Low Key 圣洁的一面 22 Holy Front 痛苦的人 24 Distressed Person 自闭 26 Autism 一阵风 30 A Gust of Wind 走神 32 Distracted 月亮 34 Moon III HANGING IN MID-AIR, MY HEART DOES NOT FALL 寂静的大白天 38 Still Broad Daylight 阳光照在需要它的地方 40 Sunlight Shines Where It’s Needed 钥匙在锁孔里扭 42 The Key Turns in the Keyhole 我真的这样想 44 I Really Want This 其它的事情 46 Other Things 像人一样 48 Like Humans 半首诗 50 Half-Poem IV WITH A NOSE THAT ALWAYS POINTS STRAIGHT AHEAD 窗 54 Window 我几乎看到滚滚尘埃 56 I Can Almost See the Clouds of Dust 你滚吧，太阳 58 Roll, Sun 你，你们 60 You, You All 口袋里的诗 62 Poem in a Pocket 你的狗 64 Your Dog 2002，我有 66 I Have, 2002 V THE ROTTEN AND THE FRESH, BOTH CAN’T LIVE ANEW 腐烂的，新鲜的 70 The Rotten, The Fresh 苍蝇狂想曲 72 Fantasia of a Housefly 医生情人 74 Doctor Lover VI NOW I PLAN TO RETIRE, AS A HARMLESS EVERYMAN 女巫师 80 Sorceress 撒旦 82 Satan 洪 84 Flood VII OUR BODY SHAPES STICK TOGETHER 给今夜写诗的人 88 To The One Who Writes Poetry Tonight VIII A SEVERED FINGER THAT PERFORMS FOR DEAD SPIRITS 既然 110 Since 遗址 112 Ruins 大地震就要来了 114 The Earthquake Is Coming 两首诗 118 Two Poems IX KEPT FOR ONESELF 姥爷，你快死去 126 Grandpa, You’re Going to Die X IF I CAN INDEED HAVE A BACKGROUND 我的诗 136 My Poem 2009，中秋夜 140 Mid-Autumn Festival Night, 2009 信 142 Letter 惊叹 144 Marvel 离开的地方还在摇晃 146 The Place I Left Is Still Swaying 在关闭的屏幕上，你看到 148 At the End, You See Onscreen 151 Notes ...