从那八种

Of all the species

匍匐而行的生灵中

of eight creeping things

我迸裂出

I burst my pink peppercorn

粉红胡椒般的DNA而化作一只鸟，

of DNA and became a bird,

像你一样。

like you.

我找到了你的两侧——

I found your flanks

肉垂、主羽

wattle, primaries

与尾羽。

& tail feather.

我们所有卑微的角落缝隙

All our lesser holes-in-the-corner

都像斗篷般敞开

opened like mantles

——太阳橙色的外皮

—the sun’s orange rind

从这令人恐惧的世界中飞了出去。

flew out of the terrifying world.