悬臂 by 阿什贝利
我知道我们应该
在前面经过的布丁站停下
但是布丁自己——
就人山人海。
斯芬克斯不要我们走这么远
尽管我们回答了她的问题
并给出一个奖励答案：“正如蜂蜜
之于美洲虎。”
而且我们也一直很好——
即将出现的是世上最长的单悬臂跨度。
我对蓟马麻木了。
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.