taking a cigarette out onto the balcony to jump off the building
or taking the thought of
jumping off the building
out onto the balcony to smoke a cigarette
the fifth floor is not all that high
you only die on the ground floor
however high up you live
you need not be afraid
actually, my life is going well
every day I say hello to my neighbours
on the ground floor
Yu Yoyo (born 1990) China
Translated by Dave Haysom and The Poetry Translation Workshop
Source: Poetry Translation Centre
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