The priest gets lost in prayer
an air shaft
leads to another era:
escapees climb over the wall
panting words evoke
the author’s heart trouble
breathe deep, deeper
grab the locust tree roots
that debate the north wind
summer has arrived
the treetop is an informer
murmurs are a reddish sleep
stung by a swarm of bees
no, a storm
readers one by one clamber onto the shore
Bei Dao
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