字母瞬间吞噬它们自己。

Letters swallow themselves in seconds.  

朋友系在门把手上的字条，

Notes friends tied to the doorknob,  

透明的红纸

transparent scarlet paper,

如蛾翼般嘶嘶作响，

sizzle like moth wings,

和空气举办婚礼。

marry the air.

如此这般任何一年都可供燃烧，

So much of any year is flammable,  

蔬菜的清单，写了一半的诗。

lists of vegetables, partial poems.  

好多日子旋转成橘红色火焰，

Orange swirling flame of days,  

太少能如石头般留下。

so little is a stone.

是什么突然显现又瞬间消失？

Where there was something and suddenly isn’t,  

缺位的呐喊，乌有的庆贺，留下空白。

an absence shouts, celebrates, leaves a space.  

我再次从最小的数字开始。

I begin again with the smallest numbers.

迅疾的舞步，失与留之间的踟蹰，

Quick dance, shuffle of losses and leaves,  

只有那些我未做之事

only the things I didn’t do  

在火星熄灭之后发出爆鸣。

crackle after the blazing dies.