I say I

我說我

&

&

a small mosquito drinks from my tongue

一隻小蚊子從我舌尖上啜飲

but many say we and hear I

很多人說我們但聽見我

say you or he and

說你或他但

hear I

聽見我

what can we do with this problem

這個問題該怎麼辦

a bowl held in both hands

雙手端起一只碗

cannot be filled by its holder

就不能同時把它填滿

x, says the blue whale

x，藍鯨說

x, say the krill

x，磷蝦說

solve for y, says the ocean, then multiply by existence

得出y，海洋說，然後乘以存在

the feet of an ant make their own sound on the earth

螞蟻的腳在大地上製造自己的聲音

ice is astonished by water

水讓冰吃了一驚

a person misreads

一個人

delirium as delphinium

把譫妄讀成翠雀

and falls into

打著噴嚏

a blueness sleepy as beauty when sneezing

墜入一片困倦的純藍之美

the pronoun dozes

代詞在打瞌睡

譯注：英語詞譫妄（delirium）和翠雀屬（delphinium）的拼寫很接近，容易誤讀。據說翠雀屬的一些植物花粉可引發人打噴嚏。