The First Time I Ate Saury
[ by Fish Lu ]
@The First Time I Ate Saury
It was my first time eating a saury,
but not for Xi.
The saury was ready.
There was only one of it.
We thought there would be many.
In the hot summer,
a saury
was lying across the plate,
slender and sharp,
like a dagger.
I looked at the saury,
then looked at Xi.
We smiled at each other.
@Father Fixes the Stairs in the House
Going up the stairs leads to the second floor.
From the window of the second floor one could
see the fields behind the house shrouded by smoke and clouds.
The wooden stairs are framed with iron,
although the time hasn’t been very long,
some of the wooden boards are already broken.
Father is repairing these wooden boards.
Father is not a good repairman.
He’s never even fixed an umbrella.
@Yesterday
A television with a red shell.
On top of it, a DVD player.
On top of the player,
a white polar bear doll.
Next to the television stand
six bottles,
different in colour and shape.
You can tell they are liquor bottles—
six different brands.
[ You can reach Xi Nan and Fish Lu via email at:
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