Fan Jinghua: Instant Snapshots

　Instant Snapshots

　　　I
Among the three stripes of summer
The in-between greenbelt is a windbreak
Your eyes are comforted
And the straplesses come to you
Like a flooding crest
And lotus roots under leaves of beltskirts ebb
Away like hooves in race-walking

So many boxes with ribbons and bows
And strapped tags to be signed

　　　II
On the glass face of a sky-piercing office tower
A too big eye winks on the demedicated plaster
Aloof but to every upturned eye
The other eye is a paper screen dubbed with “Tonight Made Unforgettable”
Banners and shiny baubles dangle on the most frigid pines
You walking under the conical skirts
Remember a sneer on a familiar face and a romantic phrase

“the gentlest head-lowering…”


　　　III
That overbridge has two pairs of legs wide open
Like a gigantic beast
Dredging the chaos on the square of a terminal station
The one who stands alone under the elevated staircase
Makes your heart constrict
As if the world is full of living things and he is the only dead

Or otherwise


　　　IV
In front of two bare soles
You see bumps between lines resistant to podomancy
You see the pre-historic webbed feet
If his head is not against the headboard
You would think he is going to swim away

Still, you would die to see him lying on his back
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Dec. 26-27, 2007


　　立拍现

　　　一
夏天的三层视野中
中间那条绿化带或是防风林
是你唯一的安慰
光洁的上半身走过来
齐刷刷的波浪
光洁的下半身走过去
马的竞走

这么多礼品盒这么多蝴蝶结
斜挂着签收的标签

　　　二
那戳向天空的办公楼有一张玻璃的脸
贴着一张没有药效的橡皮膏
那上面有一只大大的眼睛涂满了热情
散发向每一张仰起的脸
另一只眼是一只盒子的屏风，上面写着“你要做到难忘今宵”
她已做到一览众山小
最冷硬的松树上荡着横幅与闪亮的装饰球
你走在那锥形的大摆裙下
想到一个轻蔑的笑和一行诗句

“最是那一低头的温柔……”

　　　三
那座两头岔开大腿的天桥
像一只巨兽
给车站广场的混乱疏通出一种秩序
因此那个独立在梯级下的人
令你的心抽痛
犹如满世界都是活物而他是唯一的死者

或者反之

　　　四
你站在他反扣的赤脚前
掌心有折出来的隆起，你好像看到了
史前动物的蹼足
如果他不是顶着墙壁
你会以为他将从你眼前游走

可是你仍然无法忍受他仰卧
　　　　　　　　2007年12月27日