Even now,
甚至现在,
decades after,
过了几十年,
I wash my face with cold water –
我仍用冷水洗脸——
Not for discipline,
不是训练规矩,
nor memory,
不是记忆,
nor the icy, awakening slap,
也不是冰冷的让自己清醒的轻拍,
but to practice
而是练习
choosing
做这样的选择,
to make the unwanted wanted.
把没人要的东西变成有人要。