Walasse Ting

signed in Chinese and English and titled in English (bottom)

In a wooden frame, there are some scattered stains and foxing around the edges of the canvas, but it can be cleaned by a professional restorer. Otherwise the work is generally in good overall condition.
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Flower Pirate and I were born same year same month same day same minute same second same father and same mother. We both use one body, he always hides inside my body. Nobody sees him only I know where he is, because I eat a lot more rice. For example:
I write love letter, make telephone call, make a date to go to restaurant, I eat steak, drink wine, go to bed, make love. He arrives bring climax. He wants me to scream three times, then he sits on the voice that he flows away. Leave so many things for me. I don't know what to do only become lovesick.
I go borrow money, he spends money like running water.
I am heavy as tiger, he is soft as butterfly.
I walk on snow in sidewalk, he flies with wind
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(Walasse Ting's Poem written in 1984)