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屋頂裂開 · 一
屋頂裂開。裂開裏有灰。
灰裏沒有風。風走了。走不了。
門口濕了。濕得像腳尖在笑。
笑聲從牆縫滑出。縫又合上。
影子落下，落不下。
落下的影子在腳尖輕輕搖晃。
搖晃得像呼吸，不是呼吸。
桌子抽屜裏增生手指。
手指沒手。沒手的甲片數數，
數不完。
窗玻璃裂成聲。聲碎了，碎到半空。
半空裏漂浮着記憶。
記憶停住，停住像石頭沒落下。
燈亮又滅。滅又亮。反覆。
亮的地方看見腳步，但腳步沒腳。
沒腳的腳步帶來鏽。
鏽裏漫出眼睛。
眼睛踩着屋頂裂縫裏的灰，
灰又散開，散開得像你不在。
The Roof Splits Open · 1
The roof splits open. Inside the split there is ash.
Inside the ash there is no wind. The wind has gone. Cannot go.
The doorway is wet. So wet it is like toes laughing.
Laughter slips out through a crack in the wall. The crack closes again.
A shadow falls, cannot fall.
The fallen shadow sways softly at the toes.
Sways like breathing, not breathing.
Fingers proliferate inside the desk drawer.
The fingers have no hand. Handless nails count,
can’t finish counting.
The window glass cracks into sound. The sound shatters, shatters into mid-air.
Memory floats there in mid-air.
Memory stops, stops like a stone that has not fallen.
The lamp lights then goes out. Goes out then lights. Repeats.
In the lit place, see footsteps, but the footsteps have no feet.
Footless footsteps bring rust.
Eyes well out of the rust.
The eyes tread the ash in the roof’s split,
and the ash scatters again, scatters as if you are not here.