在这样一个小镇中你能看到
把他的箱式货车停在路中间的警官
去同一个横穿马路的朋友攀谈
引发一起三辆小车交通阻塞的事件

一个年轻人将开车二十英里
去买一本“花花公子”
因为两个杂货店的店员
是他母亲的朋友

一个城市来访者在理发
想象已爆发了第三次世界大战
就那时志愿者火警响起
他独自一人被丢在了空空的理发店

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
(加拿大诗人，现住加拿大埃德蒙顿市。这首诗选自于他的第七本诗集[大地精华])

*加拿大新斯科舍省波特劳易尔市