A Photo Worth Thousands of Words

[hepingdao]

There is apparently no photo
in front of me

only a plain sheet of paper covered by a blizzard
earth far down below
mountains are just like someone else's bread

A group of tiny men
who were so tiny that no one has ever noticed them
but they were there, I know they were there
swaying hammers and casting their shadows into rails of iron

They were so tired, and hungry, but quietly
standing up like chopsticks
even a roaring train could not stir them up

When Mr. Donald Smith drove the last spike, they were not on site
but felt rather released
of their heavy duties

soon forgotten
no one mentions or knows their real names, besides coolies
and no one has ever heard of them again

just a sheer piece of paper
folding its snowstorm around me

in the far distance, a train was approaching
like a tiger
I've never seen
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[Lake]

The history of coolies.

Nitpick:

"A Photo Worths Thousands of Words" -- worth?

"When Mr. Donald Smith drived in the last spike" --drove?
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[hepingdao]

Thanks Lake, I will correct these mistakes now
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[William Zhou周道模]

I have read it and learned from you. thanks

倒数第五行，有一键误：sheer ----sheet ?
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[戴玨]

drove in the last spike?
Do you mean drove the last spike into sth?
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