I used to be a coward, crawling here and there. I used to play dead, daring to stew in my own grease. Not holding myself back, I damn right messed around. I dreamed of Zhuang Zhou [Ch’uang Tzu] and was dreamed up by him. When I get elated, I’m a million miles away. Every moment, I’m falling in love. I run around everywhere, footloose and carefree. Don’t reproach my fizzle for dazzling your eyes. Don’t condemn me as shallow because I’m in fashion. Fashion trends change year by year, but a need for being fashionable isn’t the point. You don’t know who I am, and I don’t know who you are. I don’t even know who I am. What do you expect from me? Frankly, I don’t know what goddamn thing I’m doing.

By Xiao Yu