我不会一直哭，

I'm not going to cry all the time

我也不会一直笑，

nor shall I laugh all the time

哪一种“滥用”我都不情愿。

I don't prefer one "strain" to another

否则我会有一部烂片的即时感，

I'd have the immediacy of a bad movie

不只冷门，而且是那种

not just a sleeper but also the big

过度制作的大片的首演。我想

over-produced first-run kind. I want to be

至少像俗人一样活着。假如

at least as alive as the vulgar. And if

某个我一团糟生活的狂热者说：“这可

some aficionado of my mess says "That's

不像弗兰克！”，怎么说都对！我

not like Frank!" all to the god! I

不要总穿着棕色或灰色西服

don't wear brown and grey suits all the time

是吧？不。我穿工作服去歌剧院，

do I? No I wear workshirts to the opera

经常。我想我的脚赤裸着，

often. I want my feet to be bare

想我的脸是刮过的，而我的心——

I want my face to be shaven and my heart--

你不能对心做什么计划，但是

you can't plan on the heart but

它更好的部分，我的诗，敞开。

the better part of it my poetry is open.