After summer rains,

在夏天的雨后，

marble thumb snails and beetles

大理石拇指蜗牛和甲虫

blot the window screens

用珍珠和嗡鸣

with pearl and drone. Gardenias swell,

填满了纱窗。栀子花膨胀，

breathing is aquatic and travel

呼吸的是水而不是空气，而旅行

a long drawl from bed to world.

是从床上到世界的长长的拖音。

During drought,

干旱变成了一个怪物女孩

the heat becomes a devil

有着炉火般的红唇

girl with oven-red lips

她想让你的大脑浸泡在

who wants your brains puddled

一个黄铜盖子的玻璃瓶里，

in a brass-capped mason jar,

她想要从你的舌头上剥下银子，

who wants the silver stripped

从你的双腿上剥下夜晚的脉搏，

from your tongue, the evening pulse

是的，她想要你的一切。

between your legs, yes, she wants

everything from you