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卡翠娜


有这样美丽名字的女人
必然泼辣善舞

双臂一举
长裙轻轻一掀
便让所有的人
如受催眠不知走避
无法辨别
是决堤的海水
或涌出我们眼睛的泪
汹汹滚滚
顷刻间淹没了
一整座城

臭烘烘的水面上
有浮尸
或俯或仰
摊开双手
问天


KATRINA

with such a name
of course she had to be
a wild dancer

a slight swing of her wide skirt
instantly sent all watchers
into a drunken stupor
not able to escape
nor to tell
if what engulfed the city
was water from the ruptured levees
or tears from their eyes

on the turbid water 's surface
here and there
were bloated bodies
querying the sky
with outstretched arms