Deeply Incised
John Ashberry
If this is July, why does it look like August?
Sadly growing up into the real world
I don’t even ask these questions myself.
Why are the shutters drawn
over that restaurant?
The moon’s backwash is like a deeply incised
hairnet against the stadium
Bats drool into the gutter.
If everybody is so intent on illustrating what they know,
why is the ant syllabus closed?
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蚀刻
才是七月，却如八月，
失望地成长于这个真实的世界。
我已不再纠结一些问题，
譬如那间小馆为何关张歇业。
月亮的余辉如发网般蚀刻着体育场，
沟渠里流着蝙蝠滴下的唾液，
如果人们是那样地渴望展示一切，
为何停开的课程却是人类学？
p.s.
1，ant 我觉得是指ANT, anthropology/人类学 课程的缩写
2，deeply incised我觉得是月亮的光网勾勒出体育场的形状
3，sadly 我觉得译成失望更贴切
