Chapter 16 My palm mold soaked Tess
She came from her mother's house and brought me an antique from my ancestors:
A bronze horse pendant, and a dowry from old Aya
The "Qianlong Tongbao" secretly picked.
Said that the shanty we grazed far beyond the snow line had
collapsed, only the piggery built on the edge of the cliff was still intact.
Said that the mud wall is still full of my palm impressions,
like rows of shells suffering,
Drenched Tess.
Said my shells made her so
sad.
(From "Snow. The Hubert Woman and Her Man and
Song of the Three Children" Part 2)
1982