<p>From a quick search, 默默 is the pen name for the poet 朱伟国 of the <a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E6%92%92%E5%A8%87%E6%B4%BE" rel="nofollow noreferrer">撒娇派</a>, a certain school of modern Chinese poetry:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.poetryinternational.org/pi/poet/29994/Mo-Mo/en/tile" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Poetry International Archives</a></li>
<li><a href="https://culture.ifeng.com/poet/detail_2012_02/21/12663755_0.shtml" rel="nofollow noreferrer">iFeng Culture</a></li>
</ul>
<p>I wasn't able to find a list of his oeuvre though.</p>

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Michaelyus
<p>I was suddenly reminded of <a href="http://writing.upenn.edu/epc/rift/rift04/ping0401.html#copyright" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this poem</a> today:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Mo Mo</p>
<p><strong>SOLD OUT</strong></p>
<p>I sell dreams, cheap<br />
following my inclinations like a dog who sold his master<br />
I sell epochs,<br />
my body crosshatched with scars<br />
I sell time, diarrhetic<br />
penniless as fresh air<br />
I sell country, motherland disappears<br />
I sell space, earth vanishes<br />
I hold the universe in my hand and write you a love letter</p>
<p>I sell holidays, together with loneliness<br />
in ignorance of the world<br />
I sell everything:<br />
life, breath, death<br />
But tonight you must listen<br />
I'm going to kiss you seriously<br />
and turn over like a sunken boat<br />
You're the ocean<br />
the only thing I have left</p>
<p>translated by Wang Ping and Lewis Warsh</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I believe that Wang Ping is: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Ping_(author)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">王屏</a> but I'm not totally sure. I don't know who Mo Mo is or could be. Some other details on the source material:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Avant-Garde Chinese Poetry<br />
1982-1992: 6 Poets<br />
Translated by Wang Ping</p>
</blockquote>
<p>But I think it was actually published in:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>New Generation: Poems from China Today, 1999</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Any ideas? Who is Mo Mo? What was the original of &quot;Sold Out&quot;?</p>

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What is the original of "Sold Out" by poet Mo Mo?
# What is the original of "Sold Out" by poet Mo Mo?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-01-21)

I was suddenly reminded of [this poem](http://writing.upenn.edu/epc/rift/rift04/ping0401.html#copyright) today:

> Mo Mo
>
> **SOLD OUT**
>
> I sell dreams, cheap  
> following my inclinations like a dog who sold his master  
> I sell epochs,  
> my body crosshatched with scars  
> I sell time, diarrhetic  
> penniless as fresh air  
> I sell country, motherland disappears  
> I sell space, earth vanishes  
> I hold the universe in my hand and write you a love letter
>
> I sell holidays, together with loneliness  
> in ignorance of the world  
> I sell everything:  
> life, breath, death  
> But tonight you must listen  
> I'm going to kiss you seriously  
> and turn over like a sunken boat  
> You're the ocean  
> the only thing I have left
>
> translated by Wang Ping and Lewis Warsh

I believe that Wang Ping is: [王屏](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Ping_(author)) but I'm not totally sure. I don't know who Mo Mo is or could be. Some other details on the source material:

> Avant-Garde Chinese Poetry  
> 1982-1992: 6 Poets  
> Translated by Wang Ping

But I think it was actually published in:

> New Generation: Poems from China Today, 1999

Any ideas? Who is Mo Mo? What was the original of "Sold Out"?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-01-21. Score: 1

From a quick search, 默默 is the pen name for the poet 朱伟国 of the [撒娇派](https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hans/%E6%92%92%E5%A8%87%E6%B4%BE), a certain school of modern Chinese poetry:

* [Poetry International Archives](https://www.poetryinternational.org/pi/poet/29994/Mo-Mo/en/tile)
* [iFeng Culture](https://culture.ifeng.com/poet/detail_2012_02/21/12663755_0.shtml)

I wasn't able to find a list of his oeuvre though.


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