Amnesiac
遗忘

No use, no use, now, begging Recognize!
现在，必须承认，祈求无用，根本无用！

There is nothing to do with such a beautiful blank but smooth it.
任何事与这么美丽的空白无关，抚平它。

Name, house, car keys,
姓名，房子，汽车钥匙，

The little toy wife—
那个小玩偶妻子——

Erased, sigh, sigh.
被抹去了，悲叹，悲叹。

Four babies and a cooker!
四个婴儿和一个炉灶！

Nurses the size of worms and a minute doctor
呵护幼虫的大小，仔细的医生

Tuck him in.
将他裹好。

Old happenings
许多陈年旧事

Peel from his skin.
从他的皮肤脱落。

Down the drain with all of it!
全部排泄出去！

Hugging his pillow
抱着他的枕头

Like the red-headed sister he never dared to touch,
犹如那红发女子，他从不敢触摸，

He dreams of a new one—
他梦想着一位新人——

Barren, the lot are barren!
不孕的，注定是不孕的！

And of another color.
另一种颜色。

How they’ll travel, travel, travel, scenery
他们将去旅游，旅游，旅游，风景

Sparking off their brother-sister rears
在他们兄妹后面闪烁

A comet tail!
彗星尾巴！

And money the sperm fluid of it all.
还有钱，所有的精液。

One nurse brings in
一位保姆带来

A green drink, one a blue.
绿色的饮料，一位带来蓝色的。

They rise on either side of him like stars.
它们如星星在他两边升起。

The two drinks flame and foam.
两种饮料在起火焰，起泡沫。

O, sister, mother, wife,
哦，姐姐，母亲，妻子，

Sweet Lethe is my life.
甜蜜的遗忘河是我的生活。

I am never, never, never coming home!
我永远，永远，永远不会回家！

(1962/10/21. pp.232—233. No. 189)
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