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Liu Tianyu

A NOVEL THAT BROKE OFF RIGHT AFTER THE START

I cannot help to think of SARS,

how we were quarantined on campus,

couldn‘t get out of our university.

But no-one took it seriously,

day after day we played cards in our rooms.

I began to write a story,

describing love in times of crisis.

The inspiration was when I saw

a couple

kissing through a wire fence.

The way they were trying to find each other’s mouth

through the gaps in the wire,

that’s an impression

I cannot forget.

Translated by MW, March 31, 2020