POEM: "A good strong boat"

"A good strong boat"

                          for Li Tianjing

A good strong boat

and a good crew
is needed

for we are poets
and we will be
eaten by the fishes

the dock is faraway
if people fear
the other side

but never mind
there is a beautiful mist
upon the lake

and there are mountains
by the water
and birds play in the clouds

no boat
swim if we can

no swim
eat till we sink

when full
we will float ashore

                               Duanwujie 2016


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