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They Eat Out
作者Author  /  Margaret  Atwood  瑪格莉特.愛特伍德

They Eat Out 《他們上館子》

 
 
 
In restaurants we argue
over which of us will pay for your funeral
 
though the real question is
whether or not I will make you immortal.
 
At the moment only I                    5
can do it and so
 
I raise the magic fork
over the plate of beef fried rice
 
and plunge it into your heart.
There is a faint pop, a sizzle                 10
 
and through your own split head
you rise up glowing;
 
the ceiling opens
a voice sings Love Is A Many
 
Splendoured Thing                     15
you hang suspended above the city
 
in blue tights and a red cape,
your eyes flashing in unison.
 
The other diners regard you
some with awe, some only with bordom:            20
 
they cannot decide if you are a new weapon
or only a new advertisement.
 
As for me, I continue eating;
I liked you better the way you were,
but you were always ambitious.                25
 
   
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註釋

9

plunge into? 投身跳進

14-15

Love Is A Many Splendored Thing? 美國經典電影《生死戀》同名主題曲,曾由納金高(Nat King Cole)、辛納區(Frank Sinatra)等歌手詮釋。

17

in blue tights and a red cape, your eyes flashing in unison
此處指的是超人以及其超能力(以眼睛發出放射線抵禦或摧毀敵人/障礙)

18

unison? 和諧一致

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