当我们经过一个身穿锁匠店制服的店员。
猫咪问我我们是什么样的关系。
我们只是穿同一个色系的关系。
那些我所爱过的猫咪，就我们只能是这样守口如瓶的关系。
无从说明的意象最后竟然使我们认真地写了几首超过一半是坏掉了的诗，
或使我们变成另一种会爱上更多更奇怪猫咪的人。
猫咪开始跑。跑动的猫咪。
我在后面追赶着。
猫咪跳过广场中央的革命勇士纪念碑。
跳过傍晚露天咖啡馆桌上的火柴盒。
跳过交通灯前卡车上的洗衣机。
跳过酒店舞厅上的香槟酒杯。
跳过地下铁的旋转闸门。
跳过走失我们的心虚。
猫咪回头对我笑。
我们互相看着。
纯粹无恶意的微笑。
就是永远赶不上最后一趟火车那类广告画面的不朽。
没有人发现其实月台上根本没有火车也没有乘客。
结果我们突然明白原来这是猫咪罐头二十秒广告的误导与轻浮。
轻浮与自私。
假如我们不顾一切地走掉，
就不过如此而已。
Fiona Ashley TEO, who writes under the pseudonym
in tea and cigarettes, is a Singaporean writer whose works have appeared in anthologies such as
Never Before—50 Essential Poems.
Shelly Bryant divides her year between Shanghai and Singapore, working as a poet, writer, and translator. She is a published author and has translated work from the Chinese for Penguin Books, Epigram Books, the National Library Board in Singapore, Giramondo Books, HSRC, and Rinchen Books, and edited poetry anthologies for Alban Lake and Celestial Books. Her translation of Sheng Keyi’s
Northern Girls was long-listed for the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012, and her translation of You Jin's
In Time, Out of Place was shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize in 2016.
