Fan Jinghua: Life Fragments Linked

　Life Fragments Linked

　　I
You have been following the lines
They are all upslope
You’d run and walk and trail
Out of school into circles
Now your arena is a platform
Of a partitioned maze
In which a mouse is put into an intelligence test
Learning how to get water and food
Without the roundabouts
From a small hole
For the rest of time, you can sneak freely
Along the base of walls
　　　　　　　　　　　　Feb. 15, 2008
　　II
In the daytime he is a cat
Hunching behind the partitioned desk
Eyes half-open for the night
During nighttime he is a mouse
Avoiding his daytime
　　　　　　　　　　　　Jan 29, 2008
　　III
The new girl is getting familiar
With so many glimpses at your photo
Till one day when she says
Your wife is so beautiful and young
You look at it and shudder to see
The guy by her is much more handsome than you
　　　　　　　　　　　　Jan 30, 2008

　　IV
And finally you admire those who walk very slowly by the street
Especially those
Who do not clasp their hands
But still in pairs
You are abashed by the urge to peep
At young girls’ burgeoning curves
　　　　　　　　　　　　Feb. 15, 2008


　连续的人生碎片

　　一
你一直走着
都是直线上坡
从跑到走接着拖着脚
出了校门
进入了环道
如今你的场子是一个平台
隔板拦出来的迷津
一只老鼠被放进去进行智力试验
看它如何学会少走弯路
从小洞口
取得水与食物
其余的时间，它可以沿着墙基线自由地
溜来溜去

　　二
白日你是一只猫
在隔板挡住的桌子前弓着腰
眯着眼，等待夜晚
而黑夜降临，你却变成一只老鼠
躲避你的白昼

　　三
新来的女孩越来越熟
也越来越大胆地偷瞄你桌子上的照片
有一天她突然说
你老婆真是漂亮，还年轻
于是你也看了一眼，
她旁边的那家伙真的比你英俊很多
你心底一沉

　　四
你终于开始在街上盯着走得很慢的人
尤其是
他们并没有彼此扶持
但还是成双
你已羞于偷睇年轻女人
旺盛的曲线
　　　　　　　　2008年2月16日