Actually, I’m Starting to Feel Patriotic
I'm spoiled by domestic tourism
dependable transportation, cheap lodging
safe, monumental suburbs
I only worry, as I set off: what if
my nomadism interferes with my writing discipline?
Not a chance!
I don’t know if it’s fate or coincidence
that near almost every apartment complex
is a school
where while I listlessly tap at my keyboard in the morning
the loudspeakers play cheery background music
I thought it was the national anthem!
About the translators
Austin Woerner is a Creative Fellow in Chinese-English literary translation at the University of Leeds.
Morty Shiqi Zhang is an MA student currently enrolled in the English Literature course at the School of English, University of Leeds.