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

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

A Deadly Obsession

In his repeated court filings against the condo board, these lines appear again and again: "beneath my unit the electric room is not properly constructed, resulting in the emission of electromagnetic waves which have caused me pain and suffering over the years." 

The condo board decides to file a restraining order against his “constantly harassing, abusive, and sometimes even threatening behaviour.”

new snow on old snow ...
a silver-haired gunman 
shot dead by police
after killing five
and wounding a sixth