Iris Fan – No.2.1 – Film Wudaokou

Film Wudaokou

the train is coming

in that few minutes before the curtain opens

each character stands by

opens up the drama without

standing in each other’s way

two girls, curly hair and long coats

waiting on the other side

cheeks rouged by the north wind

perhaps early twentieth century

they were a pair who wore minks

and muffs, with pekingese in their arms

better not to continue imagining

such calendar girls when you can follow the train

with your eyes to a faraway place

and ask where are the other four tracks

that cut through Beijing?

and what scenes have the trains run past?

the song and dance ensemble on a blue truck

leaving a small Shanxi town?

or a young postman on his motorbike

driving his lover to the train station in Tumen?

an empty white snow field in a dystopian setting?

the train is coming