蓬鬆的午後

芝加哥/非馬

 

輕手輕腳

怕驚動

樹下一隻松鼠

在啃嚼

早春鮮嫩的

陽光

 

卻仍引起

一聲告警的鳥叫

 

但松鼠急急爬上樹梢

顯然不是為了驚恐

在它縱躍過的枝椏上

燦然迸出

春風得意的

A Loose Afternoon

芝加哥/非馬

 

Light-footed

lest I should startle the squirrel

at the foot of a tree

nibbling at a tender piece

of the early spring sun

 

Still there's the warning cry of a bird

Yet what makes the squirrel climb to the treetop

is apparently not fear

for in its rushing path through the branches

green buds burst out gaily

one after another

in the spring breeze

of April