BUT INSTEAD HAS GONE UNDERGROUND

By LYN LIFSHIN

A woman goes into the subway,
and for what reason
disappears behind rails
and is never heard from again.
We don't understand this.
She could have gone to the museum,
had cappuccino with a lover.
But instead has gone down the
escalator, without i.d., or
even a ticket and not
for clothes or flowers. It was
a grey humid day,
very much like today.
It was today. Now you might
imagine I'm that woman, it
seems there are reasons.
But listen, I don't live
anywhere near that metro stop
and who I am is already
camouflaged behind
velvet and leather






然而已经消失于地下

琳·利弗森

一个女人走进地铁，
然后不知何故
她消失于铁轨后面
从此音讯全无。
我们对此十分困惑。
她本可以去逛逛博物馆
和所爱之人喝一杯卡布奇诺。
然而她已走下
自动扶梯，没有身份证，甚至
车票也没有，也不是
去买衣服或者花儿。那天
阴暗潮湿，
非常类似今天。
就等于今天。现在你可以
想象我就是那个女人
也不无道理。
但你得知道，我并非住在
地铁附近，
而真正的我
已经消隐
于天鹅绒和皮革后面

Now you might
imagine I'm that woman, it
seems there are reasons.

现在你可以
想象我就是那个女人
也不无道理。


——这里的话锋一转，让人不胜防。

荔荔 发表于 2024-6-19 16:44
Now you might
imagine I'm that woman, it
seems there are reasons.

荔荔好