Swimming down to us

向我們游下來

light years

多少光年

not always a straight line

變換著路線

that was his joke, his night

那是他的玩笑，他黑夜的

fears, his pilgrim’s climb.

恐懼，朝聖者的攀爬。

About half way

半途中

throwing his silver

他扔掉他

suit away he

白銀的外套

sees the green earth

看見蒼翠的地球

click for the first time:

第一次閃爍：

the lightest girl

最輕盈的女孩

the heaviest ocean

最厚重的海

coming to themselves

蘇醒過來

and to his hand.

迎向他的手掌。

He sets a comradely couple walking

他為一對親密的伴侶

down his white road,

鋪設一條白色的路，

hospitable; hears a shiny

那麼周到；聽見發光的

boy and girl, bird and bird

男孩和女孩，鳥和鳥

having a time

暢遊

in his green water.

在他綠色的水域。

Clean against it all

潔淨對抗一切

one last hour

在最後的時辰

all alone the moon man’s

全然孤獨，月亮男人

open everywhere:

袒露無遺：

This mass is his salt

這密集是他的鹽

his girl

他的女孩

                    his sky

                    他的天空

his work

他的工作

                        his floor.

                        他的地板。