悬臂 by 阿什贝利

我知道我们应该

在前面经过的布丁站停下

但是布丁自己——

就人山人海。

斯芬克斯不要我们走这么远

尽管我们回答了她的问题

并给出一个奖励答案：“正如蜂蜜之于美洲虎。”

而且我们也一直很好——

即将出现的是世上最长的单悬臂跨度。

我对蓟马麻木了。

Cantilever   

   John Ashbery

   I knew we should have stopped back there

   by the pudding station

   but the pudding people were so-well-

   full of themselves.

   The Sphinx didn’t want us to come this far

   even though we answered her questions

   and threw in a bonus answer: “As honey is to the jaguar.”

   And we so well all along too---

   Coming up is the world’s longest single cantilever span.

   I am numb with thrips.