Friday, August 22, 2008

Fan Jinghua: Imagine a Trip

  Imagine a Trip

Nine hours on a train is just too long for one
And you may use an encounter pulsated with tense heartbeat
So that when you get off
Your bones may be shaken firmer into their notches

Of course you can bring a book on board
But that should make a good prop, eye-catching
With a big-letter title on a plainly designed dust jacket
A bookmark with ryegrass patterns and a tassel
Will allow you to put away the parody at any time
Like a fake love that will lie across the rails at the terminal

You know some plants flower modestly under regard only
As lovegrass seeds stick to your socks
Let him sigh with an uneasy face and air draught
That fly your beautifully bloomed dandelion
           August 21, 2008

  想象一个旅程

九个小时的火车旅程太长了
需要一场有轻微心动的偶遇
那么你在下车时
晃荡一路的骨头便更加坚实地插入原处

当然,你可以拿一本书
但是它必须能够成为道具,显眼的
大字书名,封面设计得简洁
一张带流苏的书签
上面有伪爱情一样的稗子图案
可以随时悬置或延迟那反讽的滥俗情节

有些植物只在注目之下开谦虚的花
一站一站地衰败,在行程的终点就钻入轨下
犹如情人草籽粘在你的袜子上
让他说,那是蒲公英,而且一脸迷茫
         2008年8月21日

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