Si ma mère avait encore vingt ans
Par Clifford Ng Kwet Chan
Si ma mère avait encore vingt ans
Elle aurait signé les yeux fermés
Un contrat de trois ans
Pour un emploi à l’étranger
Comme ouvrière dans l’industrie textile.
Si ma mère avait encore vingt ans
Elle aurait bossé tous les jours
Douze heures d’affilée
Nourrie seulement de bouillons de légumes
Avant de regagner le soir son dortoir.
Si ma mère avait encore vingt ans
Au bout de quelques mois de travaux sans relâche
Elle serait morte dans l’anonymat
Dans un village perdu de ce pays d’où seraient expédiées
Ses cendres à sa famille de Meihsien.
* Published in print edition on 20 December 2019
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