Chen-ou Liu's Translation Project: First English-Chinese Haiku and Tanka Blog

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

To Buy or Not to Buy: A Tanka Prose

You buy furniture. You tell yourself, "This is the dinning-room table I need." Buy the FORSHED dinning-room table known for its clean aesthetic exuding a warm, calm and inviting atmosphere, then for a couple of years you're satisfied that no matter what goes wrong, at least you've got your dinning-room table issue well handled. Then a set of dishes, chairs, and pendant lamps. Armchairs. The rug. A set of sofas. Then you're trapped in your cozy nest.

life is nothing
but a single issue...
I kick
all day long
a Coca-Cola can

July/August 2010 issue of Sketchbook