2013-04-10 12:50:44千手然

蕃薯花之春/2.惡水爭鋒.千手然.吳正富

  
                    蕃薯花之春

                           2.惡水爭鋒

                           颱風一過,
                           楠梓仙溪,荖濃溪流域,
                           洪水挾帶大量泥沙,
                           滾滾而下.

                           天空灰濛一片,飄著細雨.
                           站在河堤一望,
                           無邊無際,惡浪滔滔.

                          不多時,
                          一艘一艘竹筏,傾巢而出,
                          在惡水中,勇猛前進,爭先恐後,
                          同時,險象環生.


                          有父子檔,有兄弟檔,有朋友檔.
                          一人奮力撐篙,
                          一人急將竹竿插入幾尺深的河床.
                          圈出範圍,圈出生存,

                          待洪水一退,
                          便可在河床上種植西瓜,蕃薯.
                          年復一年.

                          父親説
                         "做人很辛苦,要跟天爭,要跟水爭,要跟人爭."

                           話鋒一轉
                           "兄弟是手足,要互相體貼,要互相照顧!"
                           "上山打虎親兄弟"

                           "相讓有春,相爭無份!"*

                          "你記在心裡了沒?"
                          "有!"

                        
千手然 2012.05.19

                         PS/
                        *臺灣俚語
                        相讓有剩,相爭無份