Thursday, February 3, 2022

A Winter Night During A Pandemic

1/29/2022


My throat,

a smoky rock;

My body,

a drying land;

Will my dream dehydrate too

like a withered tree

in this thirsty winter night?


Watering,

watering,

watering…

But it's still a desert

under the blazing sun.


Has Omicron been here?

A bell rings.

A vulture hovers high

until dawn.

My humidifier was off

the whole night…


-Katherine Liu

2022年1月29日


瘟疫时期的一个冬夜

 

我的咽喉,

是冒烟的岩石;

我的身躯,

是快干涸的土地;

我的梦,

也会失水吗?

犹如一株枯树

在这干渴的冬夜。

 

喝水,

喝水,

喝水……

但这里仍是

烈日下的戈壁。

 

是奥米克绒来过吗?

钟声响起,

一只秃鹰高高盘旋

直至黎明。

我的加湿器关闭了

整整一夜……



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