被我皮肤的炽热野兽

I am taken with the hot animal

所吸引，我心怀感激地摆动手脚

of my skin, grateful to swing my limbs

它们听从我的指挥，虽然我的膝盖，

and have them move as I intend, though

我的肩膀，有些什么东西

my knee, though my shoulder, though something

已经撕裂或正被撕裂。今天，有十几只鱿鱼，死在

is torn or tearing. Today, a dozen squid, dead

港口岸边：有一只几乎被沙土掩埋，

on the harbor beach: one mostly buried,

有一只已经空如贝壳或者空洞的感情

one with skin empty as a shell and hollow

虽然触手看起来柔软，

feeling, and, though the tentacles look soft,

我也不会触碰它们。我想像它们被惊醒

I do not touch them. I imagine they

发现自己正暴露在阳光下。

were startled to find themselves in the sun.

我想像潮涌中没有它们。

I imagine the tide simply went out

我想像它们不能感知

without them. I imagine they cannot

那些勘探它们小山一样

feel the black flies charting the raised hills

隆起的眼睛的苍蝇。我在沙地上写我的名字：

of their eyes. I write my name in the sand:

多尼卡·凯利。我看到十八只海鸥

Donika Kelly. I watch eighteen seagulls

掠过沙堤低飞到空中。

skim the sandbar and lift low in the sky.

我捡起一块绿色鸟蛋一样的卵石。

I pick up a pebble that looks like a green egg.

我对萱草花说我爱上了一个人。

To the ditch lily I say I am in love.

我对街上随意停放的吉普车说我爱上了一个人。

To the Jeep parked haphazardly on the narrow

对嵌着褐色边缘的白玫瑰花

street I am in love. To the roses, white

对衬着黄线的马路，

petals rimmed brown, to the yellow lined

对镶了金边的房屋说我爱上了一个人。

pavement, to the house trimmed in gold I am

我在步数不精确的微积分中

in love. I shout with the rough calculus

呼喊。让我找到回家的路吧，

of walking. Just let me find my way back,

让我运动，就像海水潮涌而来。

let me move like a tide come in.