She steps into the dark swamp

她走进黑暗的泥沼

where the long wait ends.

那漫长等待的尽头。

The secret slippery package

神秘光滑的包裹

drops to the weeds.

落入杂草。

She leans her long neck and tongues it

她倾斜着长长的脖子，舔它

between breaths slack with exhaustion

疲惫而轻缓地呼吸着

and after a while it rises and becomes a creature

过了一会儿，它站起来，变成一个和她相似的

like her, but much smaller.

生物，但是要小得多。

So now there are two. And they walk together

现在有两个她。她们一起走着

like a dream under the trees.

像树下的一个梦。

In early June, at the edge of a field

六月初，田边

thick with pink and yellow flowers

开满密密麻麻的粉色和黄色花

I meet them.

我遇见她们。

I can only stare.

我只能凝望。

She is the most beautiful woman

她是我曾见过的

I have ever seen.

最美的妇人。

Her child leaps among the flowers,

她的孩子跳跃在花丛中，

the blue of the sky falls over me

天空的蓝挂在头顶

like silk, the flowers burn, and I want

像丝绸，花儿们燃烧着，而我希望

to live my life all over again, to begin again,

再活一次，从头开始，

to be utterly

彻底

wild.

而狂野。