Wang Mun Kiat 黄文杰 (b. 1967)

SELECTED POEMS

自以为是的现代

1. 传统

六万五千四百三十元的广告

和一块月饼

2. 办公楼电梯

上，郁闷的早晨

下，心急的夕阳

3. 快餐

停止呼吸的垃圾

快速拼凑

还在呼吸的垃圾

by Wang Mun Kiat 黄文杰
from Short Tongue (2021)

Presumptuous Modernity

1. Tradition

Sixty-five thousand four hundred and thirty dollar advertisement

and a mooncake

2. Office Block Lift 

Up, a depressing morning

Down, an anxious sunset

3. Fast Food 

rubbish that’s stopped breathing

quickly patching together

rubbish that’s still breathing

by Wang Mun Kiat 黄文杰
translated from the Chinese by Daryl Lim Wei Jie
from Short Tongue (2021)

 

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