2005 春北行紀事1
"下一場雨 清洗我的骨頭"
"夜裏我頭枕卷冊和神州"
既然總是在同歲月作著無望的爭鬥，姑且寫下來，算是同遺忘這場戰爭的勝果罷。
休假，在朦朧的晨色中離了休斯頓，沿45北去。竟然和去年一樣。才想起一年已然過去了，一切都沒有改變。
那段日子裏NBA的45號路戰爭達拉斯小牛和休斯頓火箭正是3:2。戴著火箭的帽子進入達拉斯，轉上35東，路過邊境上的賭博城，來到奧克拉赫瑪。路邊的小花爛漫成一大片一大片，黃色居多，間有藍色；有女士停車拍照。原是應該拍下來的:
Yes, we do not remember days; we remember moments.
這次才弄明白那些紅土區，原來是含硫磺多的緣故。在奧克拉赫瑪城外的高速路上才換到超車道，不知那裏鑽出一輛警車在後麵閃起燈來。在路邊停下，打開應急燈，雙手扶在方向盤上等著，心裏直說damn。過了漫長的一兩分鍾，年輕的黑人警官上來說我換道沒打燈，要了駕照，問我哪裏來去哪裏。風太大，他要我坐在他車裏的前座上，自己坐在駕駛座，邊問些我的情況邊寫罰單。He then asked, why are you nervous? Sure I am; you are writing a ticket. Oh, it is a warning. Great, go ahead. I felt so relieved and asked him about OU football. He obviously is a fan. Finally giving me the ticket he said having a safe trip. I waved goodbye. It turned out not bad, not bad at all. By the way I was saying to myself, in Houston nobody does signaling when they switch lanes. 朋友打電話來，我喊道"Hey, I am on vacation, now in Oklahoma"。
從35上135進入堪薩斯，轉70向西走。還是同樣的感覺，這是一個幹幹淨淨的州。惦記著球賽，六時許停在Best Western at Hays，出去買了點水果，燒水吃方便麵，嚼著蘋果看球賽。火箭大勝，樂不可支。I said to myself, yes, I love this team, at this great moment; even if they lose.
無夢。但是似乎看見:
"白虎的聲音飛過北方，飛過冬日和典籍，
浸入黃麻多刺的血跡，
飛回去了"。
休斯頓
