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Writer and poet Cao Shuying was born in Harbin in northern China, but is currently living in Hong Kong. PEN/Opp publishes one of her poems—a poem where an unruly rebellious force is ever present: “There is always a child who wants to unbutton all the buttons,” she writes. This rebelliousness coexists with the stagnation of acceptance and a lulling everyday routine that threatens to extinguish any such rebellious impulse: “Take pleasure in the little things and go make some soup.”

Credits Text: 曹疏影 September 03 2019

總有指甲按進疼痛的泥土

黑夜來臨,七百萬人墮入慢鄉

總有一個孩子想解開所有扣子

總有一個你遮蔽如祖先身旁的棕櫚

總有一些白色被當作痕跡

黑夜來臨,七百萬人組隊踢夢

總有嬰兒不肥美

總有食物想起要反抗

總有大雨吞併了細雨

黑夜來臨,她趕得及在七百萬人眼前進攻

總有火山住在青草上

總有什麼花誤解了宇宙

總有一些顱骨為我們撐起

你且確幸地燒些湯水吧

黑夜來臨,七百萬黑暗頓然沈默

給我你輕輕頓下的足踝

偷走你身邊咬著柱子不放的狗們

狗們食魚眼,

狗們蘭花

狗們遠行如鯨

黑夜來臨,囚禁在

眾人來咬的蘋果深處

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