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Wild Grass
By Mai Mang
This poem commemorates June 4th, then, today, and tomorrow.
By muddy and rainy columns
In wasteland
On a platform where the train never arrives
At the entrance of Hell
Continues to grow
In conspiracy between a swallow and a crow
In wolf's lonely sleep
In pigsty
In putrid meat gathering maggots
Continues to grow
During word by word close reading
In extreme fatigue
In black smoke of utterly shameful love
At crematorium
Continues to grow
Among crowds of strangers
Embraced by double-crossing arms
Threatened by snails
Shaded by overlapping branches and leaves of Enlightenment
Continues to grow
Instructed by rats
Under the magic spell of time
With sincerity of satire
Between unforgettable spring and summer instead of Spring and Autumn
Continues to grow
In April
In May
In June
After ten plus five years
Continues to grow
Mai Mang is a Chinese poet and scholar who received his Ph.D in literature both from Beijing University and from UCLA. Composed: April 23, 2004
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