非洲小孩


一个大得出奇的
胃
日日夜夜
在他鼓起的腹内
蠕吸著

吸走了
犹未绽开的笑容
吸走了
滋润母亲心灵的泪水
吸走了
干皱皮下仅有的一点点肉
终于吸起
他眼睛的漠然
以及张开的嘴里
我们以为无声
其实是超音域的
一个
惨绝人寰的呼叫


African Boy

Wriggles day and night
a monstrous stomach
in the bloating belly

Sucking up
the unblossomed laughter
sucking up
the teardrops that moisten a mother’s heart
sucking up
the meager flesh under his wrinkled skin
sucking up
the indifference in his eyes
and eventually sucking up
from his open mouth a ghastly cry
which we take for soundless
but is in fact at a pitch
well beyond the limit
of our comprehension