Month: April 2018

睡前
打算喝一碗甜牛奶
在热牛奶之前
先吃一粒乳糖酶
以防肠胃不适
在热牛奶的时候
收拾一下餐桌
擦掉上面的污渍
牛奶热好之后
把它端到桌子上
顺手打开一罐甜麦片
倒一些在牛奶里
随后就可以支起膝盖
赤脚踩在椅子边边
等待牛奶变甜
这个过程不会花很久
等到牛奶
从滚烫变成烫口的时候
差不多就能开喝了
第一口只是微微的甜
第二口的甜比微微多一些
随着麦片里的糖分
不断溶解
每一口牛奶
都会比上一口更甜一些
并且剩下的牛奶
还会变得越来越甜
越来越甜
一口一口喝完这碗牛奶
最后一口
正好是最甜的

Before sleep,
I want to have a bowl of sweet milk.
Before heating the milk,
take a lactase pill 
in case of stomach distress.
While the milk is on the stove,
clean up the table,
wipe off the stains.
When the milk is done,
put it on the table top,
open up a can of sweet cereal,
pour some into the milk.
Then I can just bend up my knees,
feet on the edge of the chair, bared,
waiting for the milk to sweeten.
It won't take long.
When the milk
turns from boiling hot to piping hot,
it's almost ready to drink.
The first sip is just slightly sweet.
The second sip, its sweetness being just a little more than slightly.
With the sugar in the cereal
keep dissolving,
every sip,
is sweeter than the previous one.
Moreover, the rest of the milk
is becoming sweeter
and sweeter.
Sip by sip I drink up this bowl of milk.
The last sip,
happens to be the sweetest.

  (2018)