IN THE FLOATING WORLD By Lu Shan

IN THE FLOATING WORLD

By Lu Shan 

It's great to be in the sun again, basking on the balcony in winter. 

I'm drying my wife's sweater. The night's wind sways her shadow,

I feel like I have tasted the sweet life once again.

I just graduated from a sanatorium

with a PhD on the ways of the floating world.

First winter tidings, the snow is not far away. Maladies led

to a traffic accident with sleet everywhere.

The breeze kicks up dust at day’s end,

the evening trees close in on themselves.

A pot of baby daisies sit next to my medical chart,

like an alluring traditional doctor in her prime.