Stumbling on a bumpy sidewalk
a little girl was hit by a stray bullet
Blood gushed from her immature body
Her stiffening mouth had yet to ask girlish questions
of her wailing mother
本诗中文版被收入《蚱蜢世界》─《非马新诗自选集》第三卷(1990-1999) ,秀威资讯,台北,2012.7:
初潮
——给芝加哥黑人区的一个女孩
小女孩在路上被崎岖绊了一跤
正巧碰上一颗呼啸而过的流弹
红色的血潮汩汩自她尚未成熟的身体涌出
渐僵的嘴还有话要问呼天抢地而来的母亲
[Westmont Public Library & Wilmette Library]
NIGHT CRUISE ON LAKE MICHIGAN
Standing on top of a skyscraper
one can no doubt pick the stars with ease
yet from here it seems more likely
that the stars descend from the sky themselves
to decorate the Magnificent Mile
Shining bright in the fabulous windows
or growing pale in the darkening sky—
what a choice
Near McCormick Place the ship turns around
farther down are ghettos
pitch-dark
not much to see