Yao Feng#20--A citizen of the world

《世界公民》

北京飞往西雅图的航班
一只苍蝇在机舱里飞旋
莫非他已实现中国梦
要飞向美国梦了吗

苍蝇根本无需做梦
他才是世界公民
无需申办护照与签证
无需在海关脱鞋解带
虽然他时刻携带着炸弹

苍蝇在飞旋，在我的经济舱飞旋
然后消失了，可能去了一等舱
不一会又回来了
飞落在
我打开的一本书上，第85页:

“上帝的使者来了
他来的时候我是一个人
他走的时候我是另一个人”

A Citizen of the World

a flight from Beijing to Seattle

a fly spinning around in the cabin

is it possible he had a Chinese dream

of flying to the United States?

flies don't have dreams

but this fly was a citizen of the world

no passport, no visa

no need to take shoes off for airport security

even though carrying a bomb

this fly spinning around

in my economy class cabin

vanishing into first class

buzzing back again

all aflutter

I opened the book to the 85^th page

'The Angel of God came to me.

Before his visit I was a man.

After, I was one other.'

(Translation by Kit Kelen)