better than darkness
比黑暗更好
is fake darkness
是假黑暗
which swindles you
哄骗你
into necking with
与你邻居的女儿
your neighbor´s daughter
亲热
better than banks
比银行更好
are false banks
是假银行
where you put
把你所有横财
all your rough money
变成法币
into legal tender
比咖啡更好
better than coffee
是蓝咖啡
is blue coffee
你在临终沐浴时
which you drink
或有时在等待
in your last bath
你的鞋子
or sometimes waiting
被脱掉时
for your shoes
饮
to be dismantled
比诗更好
better than poetry
是我的诗
is my poetry
包罗
which refers
美丽的
to everything
庄严的一切，但又
that is beautiful and
并非如此
dignified, but is
neither of these itself
比狂野更好
是秘密狂野
better than wild
像我在我的车里
is secretly wild
在停车场的
as when I am in my car
黑暗里
in the darkness of
和一个新朋友
a parking space
with a new friend
比艺术更好
是可怖的艺术
better than art
为神所回避
is repulsive art
在随后的
which is shunned
鼎沸人声中
by Hashem
我溜进
and in the ensuing
百老汇剧院
hullaballoo
在哈达萨那一幕
I slip
坐下，没被发现
into broadway theaters
and sit undetected
比伟大更好
in the Hadassah section
是愚蠢的伟大
让我
better than greatness
在我的车库里
is silly greatness
放下心来
which stands me
更好地
on the shoulders
把所有鸡蛋
of my garage
放进同一个篮子
the better to
drop all the eggs
比记忆更好
into one basket
是促狭的记忆
是爱国主义和
better than memory
国家利益
is tricky memory
榨出的汁
which is the juice
是丈夫的堕落
of patriotism and
是所有的悲伤表演
national interest
and the fall of husbands
比黑暗更好
and all the Sad Show
是没有黑暗
更黑，更广
better than darkness
更深
is darkless
诡异严寒——
which is inkier, vaster
满是洞穴
more profound
和明亮刺眼的隧道
and eerily refrigerated -
那里出现
filled with caves
招着手的已故亲人
and blinding tunnels
和其他宗教的
in which appear
仪轨物什
beckoning dead relatives
and other religious
比爱更好
paraphernalia
是禅爱
better than love
更纯粹
is rove
更平和
which is the Japanese
情色，不可思议——
more refined
安详的人儿很小
smoother
生殖器很大
strangely erotic-
但比想象更轻
tiny serene people
稳稳安放
with huge genitalia
在雾之睫毛
but lighter than thought
从此以后
comfortably installed
清苦地生活
on an eyelash of mist
劈柴煮饭，修枝剪草
and living grimly
生儿育女
ever after
cooking, gardening
比我母亲更好
and raising kids
是你的母亲
她还健在
better than my mother
我的已经去世
is your mother
无可置疑
who is still alive
while mine is dead
比我更好
as a doornail
是你
比我更善良
better than me
是你
are you
更甜更灵更快
kinder than me
你你你
are you
比我更美
sweeter smarter faster
比我更强
you you you
比我更孤独
prettier than me
我要更好地，更好地
stronger than me
了解你
lonelier than me
I want to get to know you
better and better