起因好戰

他們讀好書,並引經據典,但從未學到
一種語言 除了點燃火箭的尖叫。
我們較率直的話雖被淹沒卻不能打垮:
競選,金錢,帝國,石油和老爸。

CAUSA BELLI

They read good books, and quote, but never learn
a language other than the scream of rocket-burn.
Our straighter talk is drowned but ironclad:
elections, money, empire, oil and Dad.

---by Andrew Motion