APPLE AND STUBBORN ROCK
The sea’s prayer ritual
one bad weather bending down
in vain stubborn rock guards May
resisting the green contagion
the four seasons take turns axing the tree
many stars are identifying the road
with his balancing skills the drunkard
breaks the inner siege of time
a bullet pierces an apple
life has been put on loan
Bei Dao
Posted over on Poems & Poetics
Translation from Chinese by Clayton Eshleman & Lucas Klein
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