<p class="ql-block">When the Black Dragon raises its head, misfortunes transform into blessings.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">https://internationaltimes.it/black-dragon-raising-his-head-for-yongbo-ha-ha-celebrating-jingzhe-day-with-his-family/</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p> <p class="ql-block">Dragon Raising its Head, or Awakening of Worms</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Thunder grows joints underground, itself</p><p class="ql-block">a burrowed worm in frozen soil—</p><p class="ql-block">No other giant earthworm crawls through storm clouds,</p><p class="ql-block">electric flesh electrifying the world</p><p class="ql-block">to rouse countless little claws below,</p><p class="ql-block">clumsily, awkwardly</p><p class="ql-block">rubbing foreheads in pairs,</p><p class="ql-block">like a swarm of petty bureaucrats</p><p class="ql-block">clapping their black gauze hats in celebration.</p><p class="ql-block">Only the brown rainwater in the village mortar</p><p class="ql-block">feels the stirrings beneath the earth,</p><p class="ql-block">smiling with rippling creases—</p><p class="ql-block">Yet within the ancestral hall, still cold and dim,</p><p class="ql-block">the dragon coils lazily into spirals of incense smoke</p><p class="ql-block">rising toward the peeling, red-painted rafters.</p><p class="ql-block">1st March, 2025</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">⻰抬头或惊蛰</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">雷声在⼟⾥⻓出关节，雷声⾃⼰</p><p class="ql-block">就是蛰伏在冻⼟⾥的⾍⼦</p><p class="ql-block">并没有另⼀条巨⼤的⻓⾍</p><p class="ql-block">从天空的乱云中，以带电的⾁体</p><p class="ql-block">去惊醒⼟⾥⽆数的⼩⽖⽛</p><p class="ql-block">让它们蠢蠢欲动，笨拙地</p><p class="ql-block">⼀对⼉⼀对⼉互相摩擦额⻆</p><p class="ql-block">仿佛⼀群⼩官僚在弹冠相庆</p><p class="ql-block">⼟⾥的动静只有祠堂前</p><p class="ql-block">⽯⾅⾥褐⾊的⾬⽔能够感受得到</p><p class="ql-block">并泛起微笑的涟漪，⽽祠堂⾥</p><p class="ql-block">依旧寒冷⽽阴暗，⻰在⾹案上</p><p class="ql-block">慵懒地盘成熏⾹缭绕的烟雾</p><p class="ql-block">向油漆起泡的红⾊房梁升腾</p><p class="ql-block">2025年3⽉1⽇</p>