River Town

Our boat picked up speed and we rushed away against the steady current of the river.

离涪收弧，plot 90。

There were two of us. We had been sent to work as teachers, and both of us were young

教师立人，cast 91。

There aren’t any English songs about the Long March.

文娱节拍，pace 88。

stars flickering above the Yangtze River, their light too faint to reflect off the black water.

开笔江夜，prose 94。

part of the city would be flooded by the new Three Gorges Dam

淹没场，world 96。

I CAME TO FULING on the slow boat downstream from Chongqing.

入城钩，hook 93。

two years of friendship somehow tucked away in a corner of my mouth.

笑纹装置，innov 89。

Raise the Flag Mountain was hidden in the mist.

雾山收束，ending 95。