Josh Stenberg’s Sun Dong on Asymptote

Asymptote has also published poetry by Sun Dong 孙冬 as translated by Josh Stenberg. From “Wall” 墙:

Geographic change is too slow
a species goes extinct too slowly          the years roll on
everything is the opposite of the poetic
the carrot top is a little conspirator          Brodsky also drank gutter oil
that guard Micaiah can only say drily
you can cough when you’re at home

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Wall

Sun Dong


Geographic change is too slow
a species goes extinct too slowly          the years roll on
everything is the opposite of the poetic
the carrot top is a little conspirator          Brodsky also drank gutter oil
that guard Micaiah can only say drily
you can cough when you’re at home

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