Highway
“A steady hand on the wheel takes an unblinking courage.”
JULY 31, 2025
Highway
Keep driving and you’ll crash
a long straight road suddenly veers
a steady hand on the wheel takes an unblinking courage
a long straight longing takes an unblinking courage
keep going and you’ll crash
now I’m flagging
clothes abandoned by the highway
a bird carcass crushed unrecognizable
distance from the wing to the heart
When you can’t pull over on the highway
driving cars driving people on the highway
life is just an extension of longing
keep going and you’ll crash
stop abruptly and you’ll crash
公路
如果一直走總會有意外
路長且直突然有彎角
持穩駕駛盤需要定定的勇氣
思念長且直需要定定的勇氣
如果一直去總會有意外
我累了
在公路旁被遺棄的衣服
輾過一頭飛鳥的殘骸無法辨認
翼與心的距離
當你在公路上你無法停下來
公路駕著車車駕著人
生不過是思念的延伸
如果一直去總會有意外
忽然停下來總會有意外
Excerpted from For now I am sitting here growing transparent (Zephyr Press, 2025)
✺ Published in “Issue 30: Fever” of The Dial
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