《四十岁开始写诗》| 双一
四十岁开始写诗
为什么？他问自己
五十岁的诗人已写诗三十年
二十岁的诗人已写诗二百首
四十岁开始写诗
为什么呀？他傻笑
他看水中的倒影
那不是个文艺青年
倒像被生活压得扁扁的一张饼
再压，就从身体的缝隙里压出
反抗的气泡，破裂的词语
他喘口气，开始写诗
要把自己重新撑起来
撑不起来，就用诗给饼加点盐
那样烤了会更好吃些
2018/07/18
Start Writing Poems at Age Forty
by Shuang Yi
Start writing poems at age forty.
Why? He asks himself.
Fifty year old poets have been writing for thirty years.
Twenty year old poets have written two hundred poems.
Start writing poems at age forty.
Why? He chuckles.
He looks at the reflected image in the water.
That is not an artsy dude,
but more like a pancake squashed flat by life.
With a little more pressure,
some rebellious bubbles and broken phrases
pop out of the cracks.
He takes a breath and starts writing poems,
an attempt to pump himself up again.
If not, he would use the poems as salt added to the pancake.
This will make it a better toast.
