Sunday, February 15, 2009

Fan Jinghua: Apple

  Apple
      For X
The taste, after puberty and before pregnancy,
Belongs to the visual,
Inspiring special liquid
Instant on my palates.
I remember the primary spring of the name
As a word mentioned,
And it is a private wonder
That no other eyes brighten or ears heighten.
The universe then enters a phase of slowness,
When night flicks away with countless invisible hands
The white dust of maturity.
Translucent paper dress softly opens
Cool fragrance, inviolable by fingers with nails.
Metaphors kill, all the time.
        Feb. 15, 2009

  苹果
     致——
那味道,在青涩之后,
妊娠纹之前,属于视觉,
激发出灵感的液体
渗起在我的腭上。
我记得那最初的泉,
仅仅是作为一个词被提起。
这是一个私人惊喜,竟然
没有眼睛为之一亮、没有耳朵为之一振。
然后,世界进入缓慢期,
成熟的白色浮尘
被夜的数不尽的看不见的凉手拂去;
半透明的纸衣软软地展露
清幽的香。有指甲的手指不可触摸它,
而比喻就是谋杀,一贯如此。
      2009年2月15日

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