Apartment Poetry Quarterly

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22A LI HONGQI

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An old man cannot compare
A middle-aged woman cannot compare
A pretty boy cannot compare
A little girl cannot compare
A soldier cannot compare
A tortoise cannot compare
A motherfucker cannot compare
An ancestor cannot compare
Nor can a youth of the modern age, he cannot compare
Come down after a while and you’ll see
All your ages are out of sorts
Or his scenarios from back in the day
They cannot compare at any point
Paying heed, anywhere, anytime
I am talking nonsense
I am writing poetry
The more I write the more wrong it feels
Do you know about when things go wrong
If it’s wrong it’s rotten
Real art is no prostitute
To do whenever
Or not do whenever
You either do it
Or you don’t
Do a bad job and your whole life is wasted
Waste your life and the joke isn’t funny anymore
I’m not sure if you can tell yet
Right now
I myself am not so funny anymore
Not very funny at all
My soul is drifting
It’s acting the fool, it’s
Acting the fool
Sometimes there is nothing interesting
And that is rather interesting
As to why it’s interesting
Nobody knows
This isn’t something writing poetry
Or studying literature can
Figure out
The things we can’t figure out
Are endless
They’re fucking endless
I want to rhapsodize, and hit a high note
But my voice always drops
When it can’t drop any lower
It climbs back up
It’s no use getting high
What use is there?
Mm!
Let’s talk about God
Let’s talk about sex
Let’s talk about this and that
Talk about aspirations and rapport
Talk about why we all die
And bounce around, bounce around
And get bored. I know it all
You all know it all
Very classy, quite extraordinary
I am staying up late, I am writing poetry
I am making art, I am experiencing an inner self
I am describing the meaning of life
I am engaging in an extended, sensitive
And profound interview with God
I am kissing all of your souls
I am acting the fool, acting the fool

 

 

 

 

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老头是比不了的
中年妇女是比不了的
小伙子是比不了的
幼女是比不了的
战士是比不了的
乌龟是比不了的
王八蛋是比不了的
古人是比不了的
新青年也是比不了的
一阵子下来就看见了
你们的年纪是不对的
或者是那时他的场景
比不了的是随时的
随时随地的重视
我在胡说八道
我在写诗
写着写着就不对劲了
你们知道不对劲这种事吗
不对劲就是坏了
真正的艺术不是妓女
谁想搞就搞
谁想不搞就不搞
搞了就搞了
不搞就不搞
搞不好连命都搭进去
搭进去就不好玩了
不知道你们现在
看出来了没有
我就已经不好玩了
已经很不好玩了
我的灵魂在飘荡
在搞笑,在
搞笑
有些时候没意思
就是有意思了
至于有些什么意思
谁都说不清楚
这不是写写诗
搞搞文学就能够
办了的事
办不了的事
多了去了
多了他妈的去了
我要抒情,还要唱高调
但总是低下来
低不下来的时候
就高上去了
高了也没用
有什么用呢?
嗯!
咱们谈谈上帝吧
咱们谈谈性欲吧
咱们谈谈这个那个吧
谈谈理想和交情
谈谈我们为什么会死
还会蹦跶,蹦跶
还会无聊。我什么都会
你们什么都会
很高级,很优秀
我在熬夜,在写诗
在艺术,在进行内心活动
在描写人生的意义
在和上帝进行长时间的
深入细致的访谈
在和你们的灵魂接吻
在搞笑,搞笑