就这样一直奔跑

running in place

我的舌头变得粗壮强硬

my tongue has grown strong and hard

我的步伐更加稳定坚实

my pace is steadier my step surer

计数着围绕我的循环

measured as circles move around me and define

它宣告至少有一个顽固的宇宙

this frayed self the center of at least one stubborn

让疲惫不堪，破绽百出的我

cosmos

处在它的中心

here i sweat the days

在这里我流淌着岁月的汗水

humming because rhythm makes persistence possible

哼着曲子只为能够坚持前行

occasionally breaking into song-and-dance

时时突然手舞足蹈放声歌唱

aware of the weight that impedes momentum

重力让运动受阻

aware of wind factor and traction

风力和打滑也搅动神经

(to wish i were dead? easy. the one wish that

（我想到去死？这是个容易实现的愿望——早晚的事情。）

always comes true)

看不见的跑友在哼唱

as the hum of unseen fellow runners

激励我继续这辉煌而又徒劳的战斗

urges me on thru this brilliant fruitless flight

起点早已划定

point of departure is a certainty

终点神秘莫测

arrival a myth

我拖着脚前行，仿佛每一步

as i streak along the beginning turning back on

都回到起点。我的焦点焊死在正前方

itself again and again. my focus dead ahead

窥视着。我要看看

peering. to see if

这是黎明前的黑暗，

this is the dark that precedes dawn

还是至暗时刻的先锋。

or the darkness before the dark