Selecting A Reader

By Ted Kooser

First, I would have her be beautiful,
and walking carefully up on my poetry
at the loneliest moment of an afternoon,
her hair still damp at the neck
from washing it. She should be wearing
a raincoat, an old one, dirty
from not having money enough for the cleaners.
She will take out her glasses, and there
in the bookstore, she will thumb
over my poems, then put the book back
up on its shelf. She will say to herself,
"For that kind of money, I can get
my raincoat cleaned." And she will.

挑选读者

首先，我希望她美丽
轻盈掠过我写的诗
在一个漫长孤寂的下午
她的秀发湿淋淋打湿脖颈
刚洗过。她应该穿
一件雨衣，陈旧，脏兮兮
因无钱去洗衣店
她会掏出眼镜
在一家书店，翻阅
我的诗集，然后将书放回
至原来的书架上。她会说：
“这些钱，我可以
去清洁我的雨衣了。”她会的。

荔荔 发表于 2022-6-12 16:04
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谢谢老师！

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