在這樣一個小鎮中你能看到
把他的箱式貨車停在路中間的警官
去同一個橫穿馬路的朋友攀談
引發一起三輛小車交通阻塞的事件

一個年輕人將開車二十英里
去買一本“花花公子”
因為兩個雜貨店的店員
是他母親的朋友

一個城市來訪者在理髮
想象已爆發了第三次世界大戰
就那時志願者火警響起
他獨自一人被丟在了空空的理髮店

Port Loyal, Nova Scotia

In a town this small you can see
the constable stop his van midstreet
to chat with a jaywalking friend
creating a three car traffic jam

A young man will drive twenty miles
to buy a copy of Playboy
because the clerks at both drugstores
are friends of his mother

A city visitor having a haircut
thinks World War Three has started
when the volunteer fire alarm goes off
and he’s left alone in an empty shop

---By Bert Almon
(加拿大詩人，現住加拿大埃德蒙頓市。這首詩選自於他的第七本詩集[大地精華])

*加拿大新斯科舍省波特勞易爾市