我敢说，那个在普林斯街上

I swear the woman who works at the

杂货店里工作的女人还住在

grocery store on Prince Street was an

韩国的时候，会是一个产科医生

obstetrician when she lived in Korea.

当她把玫瑰裹在包装纸里

The way she glows at the roses while

并隔着柜台递给你时

she swaddles them in tissue paper

她那种看着它们的眼神

and passes them to you across the counter

轻柔得让你清楚地感到递给你的

so tenderly you are clearly being handed

是一个新生儿或一颗手榴弹。我并不

either a newborn or a grenade. I don't

想成为一个母亲，但我的左臂知道

want to be a mother, but my left arm knows

如何圈成一个摇篮，在回家路上，

just how to be a cradle, and on the way home,

一个流浪汉说，这些花有和我一样的眼睛。

a homeless man says they have my eyes.