whose orange tree
whose window
whose bedroom
whose hearth
submerged beneath
dam
three gorges
dammed
yangtze
cursed, hearsed
unless the baiji return
whose shack by the side of the road
resists baseline drift
who travels an hour by bus
to reach the empty bank
who knows the why in wise
who speaks earth
through water
– year of the rat as in art
http://www.sinoreel.com/blog/fengyan/3
http://www.wsws.org/articles/207/oct207/pt1-027.shtml
http://www.baiji.org/start.html
Works Cited
- Wong, Rita.
for bing ai.
Canadian Literature 196 (2008): 63. Print. (Link)
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