Rite of Spring, 2015
Artwork by Margaret Garrett


Almost all the passengers
stare at their cellphones,
solemnly attentive
to kindling screens
as to a fire that lights
their faces up and down
the whole swaying car.
But I forgot my phone
so must endure the burning
in a mass panic.
I put my right hand
in my pocket, pull it out
and carefully read
my palm.

【地铁上】

几乎所有人
都盯着手机
严肃 认真
屏幕点燃了
他们的脸庞
照亮了
整个车厢
忘带手机的我

煎受着炙烤
慌乱中
我把右手插进口袋
再掏出来
仔细地阅读着自己
掌纹的形状

 

Xiangying, from Xi'an, Shaanxi province, is a graduate of XISU, and works has been published in 普遍立射的年the New Century Poetry. He was awarded a prize for excellent original poetry in the Xi'an youth poet seminar and the Xinlu poems reading contest.