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Toward the Light
Return light to the lampshade
and then it’s dark
Who is it that blocks out a moth
and trains it to stay in darkness? 

After endless training
the moth eventually breaks its wings
and is unable to fly
Dragging the dusk
it creeps as slow as a snail toward light

© 2009, Yao Feng


© Translation: 2009, Tao Naikan and Simon Patton