在邻近的星系
情况不会一样。
没有人会丧失
视觉,听力,胆囊。
所有的凯茨科尔斯山峰
都用崭新的游廊环绕装璜。
希特勒的主意不会产生振荡。
当返回到这里时,
他们还在清理着
匿藏于阿根廷的那些
满身皱折老纳粹的衣袋钱囊。
而在邻近的星系,
某些行星会有真正的
蓝天和饮用水。
In the Next Galaxy
In the Next Galaxy
Things will be different.
No one will lose their sight,
their hearing, their gallbladder.
It will be all Catskills with brand
new wrap-around verandas.
The idea of Hitler will not have vibrated yet.
While back here,
they are still cleaning out
pockets of wrinkled
Nazis hiding in Argentina.
But in the next galaxy,
certain planets will have true
blue skies and drinking water.
---by Ruth Stone
露斯.斯通的这首诗选自于她的第九卷诗集[邻近的星系],该诗集荣获第53届被誉为文学奥斯卡的美国国家图书奖。