Light Eclipse

回光返照

在阳光刺眼的时候

when sunlight overloads

长椅上没有太阳镜

a sunglass drifts away from the bench

不习惯吗？ 已是四月

how could it be? It’s April.

一个残忍的季节

a cruel season,

只剩眼泪、酒精和

evaporates to tears, alcohol,

糊成一团的土豆泥炖牛小排，与南方烤鸡

a mush of short rib with mashed potatoes, and southern barbeque chicken

我不再拥有知觉

feeling detaches from myself

当飞机变成一艘船

when a flight waves

跨过一个比门前大得多的池塘

bumping over a pond that transcends,

不能回家

your unreturned home

母语和来信一起不响

mother tone dies with the letter

我在睡觉

in a sleep

泥泞的梦

dream turns muddy

跳跃的花朵

flowers jump

多年前的海

dated sea

和胶卷一起

with that undeveloped film

过期

expires