A Visit

Truth is,
he only needed to climb halfway up
the tower crane's height
before he could jump.

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Yet he kept climbing, step after step,
as if each step upward
brought him a foot closer to justice.

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The December wind bit cold, the sky silent.
Not until he completed his final move
did the earth consent to take his body in.

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About the Author: Yang Xiang, penname: Proletarian Migrant Worker, born in the late 1970s in Songtao, Guizhou. Published short pieces in several southern magazines a decade ago. Having wandered southern China for over twenty years through hardships and changes, he remains convinced that with words as companions, the heart never grows lonely nor the soul homeless.

《讨薪者》

其实
他只要爬到塔吊一半的高度
就可以往下跳了

可他仍然一步一步不停地往上爬
仿佛多爬一步
离公道就近了一尺

十二月的风很冷，天空什么也不说
直到他完成最后一个动作
大地才肯为他收尸

作者简介：杨翔，笔名：无产阶级农民工，后70后，贵州松桃人。十年前曾在南方的几家杂志发表过豆腐块。漂泊南方二十余载，走过风雨沧桑，内心始终坚信，有文字相伴，心就不会孤寂，灵魂就不会失去家园。