when today at a bistro

今天在一个小酒馆

an elderly couple in jeans, leather

我看到一对老夫妇穿着牛仔裤，飞行员

bomber jackets, and heeled boots

皮夹克，还有高跟皮靴

stepped down from their stools

从凳子上下来，

to stand and go home—

站直往家走——

him behind her,

他在她后面，

his bomber jacket zipper

他的飞行夹克的拉链

a spine at her back,

就像她背上的脊椎，

him wrapping on her scarf

他和围巾一起抱着她

the heart-shaped cookie she nibbled

她小口咬着心形的曲奇饼

the shape of her mouth,

咬出她嘴巴的形状，

that cookie, puffy,

那块曲奇饼，膨膨的，

with still-soft icing white and rose—

有着仍然绵软的白色和玫瑰红——

I learned

我学到了

the anthropology of blush

关于脸红的人类学