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Bei Dao

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in the end, cold crows piece together …

Bei Dao

Perhaps the final hour is come …

Bei Dao

The sound of a guitar drifts through the air. …

Bei Dao

a child carrying flowers walks toward the new year …

Bei Dao

wolves of music weave their way at a run …

Bei Dao

The wave of that year …

Bei Dao

the Cold War just ended a lone sun in the belly of the flying bird white sails drift into an alternate river of  time all languages circulate against the state of enslavement my identity suspect exile is crossing the void of a journey without a destination—my life …

Bei Dao

the eyes of the daughters and sons of the river are shining …

Bei Dao

another boy pieces together a map of the world …

Bei Dao

tanks and thorns Ramallah besieged city …

Bei Dao

a sower walks into the great hall …

Bei Dao

Debasement is the password of the base, …

Bei Dao

I want to go to the other bank …

Bei Dao

冷戰剛剛結束 飛鳥腹中只有一 個太陽 白帆偏離了另一 條時間的河流 所有的語言與被奴役的秩序逆向而行 我身份可疑 流亡是穿越虛無的沒有終點的旅行 我的一生 …

Bei Dao

坦克與荊棘 圍城拉姆安拉 …

Bei Dao

屬於河流的兒女們眼神閃亮 …

Bei Dao

另一個男孩拼世界版圖 …

Bei Dao

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