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Beefeater1980: Sep 12, 2008; My God, it's full of Horatios!

Re chicken town, I�ve heard that sung (to the tune of twinkle twinkle) as �Bloody, Bloody Orkney�.

One of my favourites, from the clever, dead and poly modern Chinese poet Gu Cheng (顾城):

Gu Cheng posted:

Clouds

你一会看云一会看我
我觉得，你看我时很远
你看云时很近

Every so often you look at the clouds, and then at me
I feel as though
When you look at the clouds you are very close
When you look at me you are very far

To me it�s an amazing description of a terrible date.

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Beefeater1980: Sep 12, 2008; My God, it's full of Horatios!

Poem by Gu Cheng, a poet of the �Obscure� school in the 80s and 90s (I�ve also seen it translated as �misty� which is literally correct but slightly misses the meaning). Apart from his poetry, he is famous for retiring to New Zealand, going nuts when living in a polycule with his wife and another woman, attacking his wife with an axe and then killing himself; she also died as a result of her injuries. The third lady wasn�t hurt. Interestingly Wikipedia doesn�t mention the third lady (IIRC she was called baobei/baby) at all.

Gu Cheng (顾城) posted:

Near and Far

你，｜一会儿看我，｜一会儿看云。｜｜我觉得，｜你看我时很远，｜你看云时很近

You,
Sometimes look at me;
Sometimes at the clouds.
I feel,
When you look at me you�re very far;
When you look at the clouds you�re very near.

I�ve always felt it described a really bad date.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2023 16:10

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