Stay by Yu Yoyo
15th August
‘Stay’ by Chinese poet Yu Yoyo is from her Worlds Poet Series collection ‘My Tenantless Body’ published by the PTC with translations by AK Blakemore and Dave Haysom.
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stay1your beard is expendablepop the sun and let the pus drip outhot enough by day…Continue reading the English translation
1胡子是没有用的把太阳挑破, 流出脓水白天还是热得发胀在人群中弹跳在桥上弹跳在房间里弹跳我和你都怕它突然弹跳到床上打开我们的私处然而, 并没有打开什么它只是站着离你很近…
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