Invention
Billy Collins


Tonight the moon is a cracker,

with a bite out of it

floating in the night,



and in a week or so

according to the calendar

it will probably look



like a silver football,

and nine, maybe ten days ago

it reminded me of a thin bright claw.



But eventually --

by the end of the month,

I reckon –



it will waste away

to nothing,

nothing but stars in the sky,



and I will have a few nights

to myself,

a little time to rest my jittery pen.

创作
比利.科林斯


今晚的月亮是块

被咬掉一口的薄脆饼干

飘飘荡荡浮在夜天，



按照日历

约莫一周时间

它看似大概会



象个银色的橄榄球，

而九天, 或许十天之前

它使我想起一个薄明的蟹钳.



可渐渐地--

到这个月底

我推断—



它将消瘦至

身影全无

天上只留繁星点点，



而对我自己来说

会有几个夜晚

让我极度紧张的笔得以休闲。