To Liu Wen, The Opposite House, 3 a.m. - Maximilian Hecker

Mask the anguish behind

A radiant smile and disarming words

My mind a pile of shards

My limbs lazy

And all that I recall is a beauteous, alcohol-deluded flash

When your sunlight laughter dulled my pain

Break these secrets of your triumph

Pull the earth out from under me

Suzie Wong’s foundered world

Spellbound scene of my cure

And I remember a beauteous, alcohol-deluded flash

When your sunlight laughter dulled my pain

When ordeal and longing let loose my heart

When your understated passion showed

And I’ll be holding onto all your sweet disclosures

All your unspoken clues that keep alive your mystery

I’ll be trying hard to understand your beauty

And your gracious spirit that triggered off my healing