My father impaling bills

我的父亲把账单

on a nail on a block of wood

穿在一个钉进木头里的钉子上

then putting his head in his hands

然后他抱住他的头

and you with your head in your hands

然后你抱住你的头

and my head in my hands

我也抱住我的头

hands over my eyes

手放在我的眼睛上

and I see again what I forgot for decades

这时我看到已经淡忘了几十年的场景

my father

我的父亲

after doing the bills

在结算完账单之后

crumbling bread in a bowl

把面包撕碎放进碗里

and pouring milk over the bread

在上面浇上牛奶

and spooning in sugar.

然后放进一勺糖。