動車 · 慟車 (中英文祭稿）

動車 · 慟車

When the morning train left Beijing on July 23 2011, the passengers did not expect their fancy vehicle would become the train of mourning. Roaring on the high-speed rail link southbound, it was often described to be traveling like a bolt of lightening – until it was struck by a real one. Talk about irony.   

The disastrous collision may be a perfect metaphor for contemporary China. For decades, the whole nation has transformed into a high-speed train with an engine of GDP. The unstoppable monster has long derailed from the tracks of law and moral values. Like any desperados on the run, the Chinese Communist Party kidnapped this intimidating vehicle, and drives it recklessly to its self-destruction. All the Chinese on board serve as both cheap fuel for the engine and also ceremonious funerary objects to the doomed wreckage…   

Sadly, even though deep sorrow, anger, and powerlessness keep me up at such a deep night, all I can do is send a few keyboard strokes to the departed. May they rest in peace.  At least, Heaven doesn’t have high-speed train, thunders, or Communists. 

 

 

來不及收拾散落的玩具、手機

記憶、甚至軀體

下一趟車已經出發

人人都在急赴末世的宴席

我們等不及
 

招魂幡也不必升起

我們一路狂奔

靈魂早已隨風而逝

透過車窗 最後一瞥

為什麽它們掩麵啜泣
 

不怕它們化成魑魅魍魎

我們自豪富有 目光堅毅

和殉葬的兵馬俑一樣

在權力眼裏

根本沒有生命的痕跡

我們還兼為這趟夜行列車

卑微的燃料

青煙縷縷

是 GDP 圖騰和

紅朝盛世的血祭
 

我們都是小伊伊

在這個神奇的國度裏

生存本身就是奇跡

我們都是小伊伊

要活著從和諧號的殘殼裏爬出去

 

所有跟帖： 

• 拜讀了！佩服你的文筆，更敬佩你有一顆敏感的心和清醒的頭腦。 -NewVoice- ♀ (590 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 07:08:02

• Thank you. I still don't think I can write a poem:) -carpediem- ♂ (553 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 09:32:35

• half>10 English majors! Outrageous event, sublime writing! 膜拜一下 -非文學青年- ♀ (47 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 07:49:32

• Without a birth certificate of a native speaker, -carpediem- ♂ (194 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 09:36:44

• hehe, take offense please, pun intended. -非文學青年- ♀ (735 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 10:19:13

• another irony is that I made a mistake there: become->became/bec -非文學青年- ♀ (29 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 10:30:30

• Ah~ Cannot beat an genuine English major -carpediem- ♂ (528 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 12:53:02

• I wish I can write so passionately and powerfully! -非文學青年- ♀ (296 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 14:04:07

• Being passionate about something -carpediem- ♂ (133 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 15:07:16

• oh, in that case, I think I would use: -非文學青年- ♀ (203 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 17:30:10

• 大鼎, 寫的震撼人心，中英俱佳 ~~ -lilac09- ♀ (1360 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 08:07:06

• Sadly, -carpediem- ♂ (255 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 09:40:27

• haha~, anyway you have an extra "it" there.~ -lilac09- ♀ (78 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 10:29:05

• Ok. I give you that. -carpediem- ♂ (112 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 12:55:51

• Another great piece! -NewVoice- ♀ (674 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 10:46:05

• 又是一篇好文，說出了中國人的心聲！ -好學又好問- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 12:46:46

• 謝謝聲姐和好學MM一貫的鼓勵, 很久沒寫，都有些退步了~ -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 21:05:19

• 謝謝博學大師用你精彩犀利的語言表達了我們悲痛無奈的心聲。 -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 10:02:48

• 過奬過奬 -Carpediem- ♂ (112 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 10:30:21

• 哈哈哈哈，餘大師的含淚相勸。。。讚 Carpediem同學 -好學又好問- ♀ (38 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 12:44:37

• Thank you, beautifulwind. -carpediem- ♂ (75 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 20:17:02

• Of course not！你不但油菜還很油墨！請多來MYSJ和大家共享你的才和墨！ -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 20:54:22

• 寫的真好，希望長來這裏 -同學小薇- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 11:44:38

• Thank you, 同學小薇and好學又好問! -carpediem- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 15:04:31

• 作惡者，必自斃！！！ -億言談- ♂ (657 bytes) () 07/28/2011 postreply 21:15:34