When you leave, faceless

你离开之时，面目模糊的

old lover, element

老情人，那个我花了好长时间

that I have tried for so long

试图解释的

to explain—I will be

元素——我会被挂在

suspended between

两块巨石之间

two large stones

想着你曾经的好，

for a moment

过一会才缓过来。

thinking you were good

我会像晾衣绳上

before I am revived.

掉下来的衣服，

I will be laundry

飞到马路中间的丝袜。

that has gotten loose

再见了，帅哥。

from the line. Pantyhose

你离开之时，我就会变成

flying into traffic.

蝴蝶，蛾子

So long, handsome.

茧壳里面的浓汤。

When you go, I will be

重新装配好之后，我会爬出来

the moth, the butterfly,

而你会化成一片

turned to broth in the cocoon.

壮观的水汽

Reassembled, I will climb out

像兰花一样消失。

and you will be subsumed

我计划好了，小弹簧刀。

into a majesty of vapor

我下定决心，一缕甜甜的口水，

gone as an orchid.

我用泥巴和失落

I plan it, little switchblade.

捏出来的可爱白痴——

I will it, strand of sweet spittle,

是你，保质期是零，

endearing idiot I made

是你，总让我不能成为完整的自己

out of mud and loss—

因为你那点微不足道的物质

you, whose shelf life is zero,

让我远离无穷无尽的源泉。

you, who keep me from totality

and the small sum of what

is otherwise infinite.