The book of absurdity

all the good people can smell gasoline
and the bad people feel the

lighter’s spark and heat
good people and bad people rolling tobacco
in a beam of light
brightening the faces
of the morally indifferent individuals
between them

their faces are clearly illuminated
dots and smoke rings
molt from the corners of their mouths
reaches the ceiling

good people soar over the roof
bad people go down below
while the morally indifferent
having neither toes
nor wings

sit in silence
beneath that ring of light

then pinch it out

荒唐之书

好人们都闻到了汽油味

坏人们都感觉到了

打火机的热度

好人和坏人把烟丝

裹成一束光

照在介于好人与坏人之间

的那些人脸上

他们的脸被照得很清楚

毛孔吐着烟圈

嘴角的绒毛触到了屋顶

好人在屋顶上飞行

坏人在屋顶下降落

好人和坏人中间的人

既没有翅膀

也没有脚尖

他们坐在灯泡里沉默

然后

掐灭了那束光

Translated by Dave Haysom and A K Blakemore