逃逸的嗓音

那个嗓音在她的双唇之间溜出来，她合上双手将其握住，但当她松开手，那个嗓音并不在那里。就在那个嗓音穿过打开的窗户飞走之前，她就看见光芒落在它那点缀着斑点的翅膀上。她试图说话，但她的话却没有声音。没有嗓音，她会做什么呢？而她的嗓音没有她，又会做什么呢？猫会把它摁在爪子下面？大风会把它吹走，让它迷失在另一个镇子或大城市中？或者，某个别的人会吞下她的嗓音？或者，那个嗓音飞翔时靠太阳太近而融化？她想过要追逐它，但又决定最好是让窗户打开，留在家里，那样的话，要是那个嗓音归来，它就能进来。她躺下，注视着窗口，直至睡着。几个小时后，当她醒来，外面已经天黑了，她那个地方寒冷，于是她走进浴室，开始在镜中装腔作势地说话，她看得见每一个无声的词语从双唇之间出现，像彩色的大花，为了吞下光芒而开放片刻。

ESCAPED VOICE

The voice slipped out between her lips. She closed her hands around it，but when she opened them， it wasn’t there.She saw its speckled wings catching the light just before it flew through the open window. She tried to speak， but her words were soundless. What would she do without a voice？ And what would her voice do without her？ Would a cat trap it beneath its paw？ Would it get taken away by a heavy wind and be lost in another town or a big city？ Or would someone else swallow her voice？ Or would it fly too close to the sun and melt？ She thought about going after it，but decided that the best thing would be to leave the window open and remain at home so if her voice returned，it could get in. She lay down keeping her eyes on the window until she fell asleep. When she woke up hours later， it was dark outside，and her place was cold. She went into the bathroom and began mouthing words in the mirror. She could see each soundless word emerge from between her lips like a large colorful blossom， opening for a moment to swallow the light.

尾巴

当我们的尾巴掉落，我们就没有什么在身后摇摆或挥舞，就没有什么卷起或展开，就没有什么让我们保持忠诚。我们尝试把尾巴缝回去，但它们却只是柔软无力地牵拉着。我们当中，一些人出于挫折而将尾巴扯掉，另一些人则请求牧师祝福保佑他们，好像祝福会恢复我们的身体系统，让我们重新与自己的情感保持联系。祝福很美但无效，我们的尾巴与我们的內心思想和情感并不同步，并没回应我们的担心和希望。最终，尾巴被扯松，掉落下来。然后我们种植它们，希望梗茎会从泥土中长出来，我们的尾巴会从苞蕾和花朵中迸发而出。……