On This Planet

By Bai Hua

There is a galaxy the Milky Way in a hundred billion galaxies. Our galaxy has two hundred and fifty billion stars, and the Sun is one of them, and one of the nine planets orbiting the Sun is called Earth. How many Daddy Lane, Kids Lane, Mommy Lane on Earth. 
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On this planet, there's Daddy Lane in Zhenjiang, said by Buddha
Daddy Long-bodied or even Daddy Short

On this planet, there's Kids Lane in Hangzhou, said by Buddha
Kids Long-bodied or even Kids Short

On this planet, there's Mommy Lane from whence, said by Buddha
Mommy Long-bodied or even Mommy Short

On this planet, there's Granny Shih Lane in downtown Nanjing
Someone there playing T'ai chi...

Jan 19, 2016 / Translated by CheneyZihong

在此星球

柏桦

千亿个星系里有一个银河系，一个银河系里有两千五百亿个恒星，太阳是其中一个恒星，绕太阳转的九个行星中有一个叫地球。在地球上有多少爸爸巷，孩儿巷，妈妈巷……                      ——题记

在此星球，佛说镇江有个爸爸巷
大爸爸巷，小爸爸巷

在此星球，佛说杭州有个孩儿巷
大孩儿巷，小孩儿巷

在此星球，佛说何处有个妈妈巷
大妈妈巷，小妈妈巷

在此星球，南京城有个石婆婆巷
某个人在那里打太极……

2016年1月19日