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透過那些心形的葉子，天空

The sky lightens behind the heart-shaped

漸漸亮了。我們睡著時，一輛卡車裝載鈽

leaves. While we slept, a truck filled

從高速公路上隆隆駛過。

with plutonium lumbered down the highway.

清晨六點的柳枝搖盪，

At six a.m. the willow branches swing,

我在波浪之巔傾斜。我將傾斜，當我用耙子

and I tilt on waves. I will tilt when I rake

平整碎石，解下盤繞的水管，擰開水閥。

gravel, uncoil a hose, loosen the spigot.

多麽綠啊丁香和柳樹的葉片；

Green are the lilac and willow leaves;

現在我用舌頭舔舐你的傷疤，

now my tongue runs along your scar,

我們的嘆息串在一起，結成一根燃燒的蠋芯。

our sighs bead, and we wick into flame.

燈影映照在玻璃窗上

Reflected on glass, a row of track lights

與窗外的心形葉簇疊印。一尾小嘴鱸魚

is superimposed on cordate leaves

與池上棉白楊的倒影

outside the window. A smallmouth bass

吻合。在等待中疼痛，欣喜

aligns with a cottonwood shadow

絶望，渴盼，焦躁，迴旋，綻開，釋放

in the pond. To wait is to ache, joy,

一個空無的中心在展開。

despair, crave, fret, whirl, bloom, relax

當我的氣息潮水般呼出，我傾斜。

at the unfolding center of emptiness.

I tilt on the outgoing tide of my breath.

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「死了？怎麽會？」

        女人啜泣著

“Dead? How can that BE?”

                當飛機滑向閘口；

           a woman sobs as

                      the airplane taxis to the gate;

火焰在水面延伸；閉上眼睛

        蜂鳥的翅膀飛速扇動；

flames on water; the whir

                藉由此道

           of a hummingbird behind my eyelids;

                      these are means

我們生活：喜悅，悲傷，欣然——

        草菇

by which we live: joy, grief, delight—

                在肉眼的世界醒來；

           straw mushrooms

                      rising into the visible world;

叢生的一枝黃

        覆蓋了將軍全部的夢；

wisps of rabbitbrush are all

                河水的分流匯入主流；

           that remain of generals’ dreams;

                      a branch of a river rejoins a river;

翻修一座房子提供庇護，

        再翻修一次，櫥櫃

flip a house and it’s shelter,

                打開，紅酒杯注滿，狗兒歡叫，

           flip it again and cabinets

                      open, wine is poured, dogs yap,

人們有說有笑；

        沙丘鶴盤旋

people joke and laugh;

                降落在一片玉米地；

           sandhill cranes swirl

                      and descend into a cornfield;

我們是彼此的安培；

        巴士停靠：一個孩童下車，

we ampere each other;

                走在紅土塊的路上：

           a bus stops: a child gets off,

                      starts waking on a red-clod road:

視線所及無一物

        從四面八方；

nothing in sight

                玫瑰之火在皮膚下點燃，

           in all directions;

                      a rose flame under our skin,

蜂鳥的翅膀嗡鳴；

        一朵玫瑰之火，

hummingbird whirring its wings;

                視線所及無一物，從四面八方：

           a rose flame,

                      nothing in sight, in all directions: