《懸臂》 by 阿什貝利

懸臂 by 阿什貝利

   

我知道我們應該

在前麵經過的布丁站停下

但是布丁自己——

就人山人海。

   

斯芬克斯不要我們走這麽遠

盡管我們回答了她的問題

並給出一個獎勵答案：“正如蜂蜜之於美洲虎。”

 

而且我們也一直很好——

 

即將出現的是世上最長的單懸臂跨度。

我對薊馬麻木了。

  

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.