我在泳池里游着今天的圈圈，慢慢地，慢慢地，

I swim my laps today, slowly, slowly,

伸直我的手臂，我肉体的划桨，

reaching my arms out & over, my fleshly oars,

水丝绸一样在我皮肤上滑动，我的身体

the water silken on my skin, my body still able

还可称之为身体，它倚靠在泳池的唇边，

to be a body & resting at the pool’s lip,

我看着其他的身体滑过一片蔚蓝，

I watch other bodies slip through the blue,

年轻人是多么地快速，

how fast the young are

而他们又会变得那么老，漂浮，漂浮，

& how old they become, floating, floating,

忘记了那么多年头的重量

forgetting the weight of years

当棕榈树在我们的头顶上摇动，

while palm trees sway above us,

微风拂过叶片，孩子们在喷泉中嬉戏

a little wind in the fronds, children playing

一个在哭泣，一个在吃

in the fountains, one is crying, one is eating

花生酱果冻三明治，我饿了

a peanut butter & jelly sandwich, I’m hungry

并且寻思，是不是重要的事情已经发生过了

& wonder, has everything important happened

还有什么会比这个更重要，

& what is more important than this,

就像一次秘密的探险，就像我在和看到的每个人

like a secret adventure, like an affair I’m having

偷情，不管他们的肚子软绵绵还是像搓板，

with everyone I see, their soft or washboard bellies,

他们的臀部是扁是圆，他们的头发是披散波浪

their flat or rounded butts, their rippling hair

还是闪亮发髻，他们脆弱的脚踝，

or shiny domes, their fragile ankles,

他们美丽的骨头，我们所有的原子在游泳，游泳，

their beautiful bones, all our atoms swimming, swimming

让我们可以被看见，我推开墙壁，

& making us visible & I shove off the wall,

伸开手臂，拥抱这整场魔法秀，

reaching my arms out, embracing the whole

我还有十圈要游。

magic show, with ten more laps to go.