Monday Finally, recognized as the first day of The week, the most popular day To surf online, to get sick, to Commit suicide. Like the tides Alternatively changing Between low and high, as if Preordained by the moon, shining As brightly above Virgil’s Rome As above the rice fields in my native village Tuesday A circle, full of masculine energy With an arrow shooting like a spear Pointing towards the upper right Always ready to war against Tiw Yes, it is high time for men to challenge And defeat all gods in an earthly battle Wednesday Is actually a winds-day, the time To labour, the time to go fasting Be it Woden or Mercury Our souls will be guided to our afterlife Upon our final departure, while People in the east are busy travelling Below the Water Star, or exchanging goods Under Buddha’s protection Thursday A sweet time to give thanks to natives In the new world, to recall eating fish before USSR’’s demise, to begin school in Thailand, to Cast votes in Britain, to commemorate Jupiter In east or west; this thirstday is a day of Thundering high in the sky, a day to Roar, to howl, to scream, to sing Friday The sensualist day of the week: Frigg’s day is black because Venice casts shadows around every body Today makes one itch everywhere because Jesus’s blood splashes onto our souls Today is full of muted noise because Fasting causes internal complaints Today is bitter because all evils and Devils lost their battles against Durga Saturday Fever. Discotheques. Beers. Marijuana Sweets. Cartoons. Volunteers. Prayers Bathes. Gun shots. Private purple meetings Vampires. Elections. Rest. Clubs. Restaurants Theatres. Picnics. Football. Basketball Billy Crystal. Howard. Cosell. Contests Lady of Fatima. Garden work. Saturn Hiking. Long sleep. Dinner party The best and the worst of the week: Nothing. Everything. Nobody Everybody under Loki’s influence Venture. Venture. Venture, as they Sing, Bobo Waro Fero Satodeh Sunday The first, and the last Of the week. The day Of God, of man We all take today off For a good rest of our bodies To work better for the good Of our souls, or rather The other way around Yuan Changming published monographs on translation before leaving China. With a Canadian PhD in English, Yuan currently edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan in Vancouver; credits include ten Pushcart nominations, the Naji Naaman's Literary Prize 2018, Best of the Best Canadian Poetry, BestNewPoemsOnline, Threepenny Review and 1,449 others worldwide. yuan changming @ Poetry Pacific https://poetrypacific.blogspot.ca https://happyyangsheng.blogspot.ca Lotus Image & License: Depositphotos_32738103_s-2015 |
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