Tuesday, September 26, 2006

我們稱之為快樂

我們稱之為快樂
閉氣
浮浮沈沈 被哀傷
溺斃 磨碎
舔啜潮濕的孤獨
不斷買新的鞋子 不斷丟掉左腳的
住在菊花園氹氹轉
把門窗關緊
想像抑鬱 盲目地瘋狂地笑
等待被發現
還沒寫出的字句

Monday, September 25, 2006

文字螞蟻


文字本身就是意義/別把文字當一種工具/能夠說明的不用寫/寫不能言明的/才需要技巧/一種唯一值得學的寫作技巧/(結果我寫得很笨)/

這世界有太多字/太多obscene的字/繁繁碎碎 喋喋不休/


我愛,我也恨/如此漂亮,如此醜

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

睡不著的時候可以做的事情很多,例如畫牆和撕紙碎。

Friday, September 15, 2006

時差的關係



時差的關係,凌晨四時多還未能睡去,隨手拿起書剛打開,便看到了這詩:


Life when you wait.
Performance without rehearsal.
Body without fitting.
Head without reflection.

I don't know the role I'm playing.
I only know it's mine, non-convertible.

What the play is about
I must guess only after it's begun.

Poorly prepared for the dignity of life,
I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed.
I improvised, though I loathe improvisation.
At every step I stumble over my lack of expertise.
My way of life smacks of provincialism.
My instincts are those of a rank amateur.
Stage fright, although an excuse, is all the more humiliating.
Extenuating circumstances I perceive as cruel.

Not to be retracted are words and reflexes,
unfinished is the counts of stars,
character buttoned up on the run like an overcoat—
these are the pitiful results of such haste.

If only on Wednesday could be practiced ahead of time,
or if only one Thursday could again be repeated!
But here it is nearly Friday, with a scenario I don’t know
Is it fair – I ask
(with hoarseness in my voice,
because I wasn't even allowed to clear my throat in the wings).

Illusory is the thought that this is just a pop quiz
taken on temporary premise. No
I stand amid the scenery and see how solid it is.
I am struck by the accuracy of all the props.
The revolving stage has long been in operation.
Even the most distinct nebulae have been switched on.
Ah, I have no doubt that this is opening night.
And whatever I may do
will be forever changed into that which I have done.

Life While you Wait ~~ Wislawa Szymborska


Saturday, July 01, 2006

又回來了。又是一個夏天。


又回來了。又是一個夏天。又再向自己重申,沒有不勞而獲。

「總是過著遷徙的生活,人愈大,大包小包搬來搬去的密度漸高。執包袱是否也能習以為常。每一次的收拾過程,對過去的取與捨,那些帶走,成為回憶的見證,那些又成為放棄的種種。所有也是自我選擇。可惜,限定的行李重量並不包括成為回憶的經歷。什麼人留下了名字什麼事又如水般蒸發散掉,真是一點不由人。」

是我自己寫的,剛寫了出來,卻又覺得這些文字與自己的關聯突然變弱消失,像再扯不上什麼關係,於是決定下引號。「我從來不太喜歡過於清楚明白的東西,白字黑字,那就不好玩。叫人摸不透的才有意思。然後一層一層去發現,到最後往往換來,原來如此。原來如此總比不外如是好吧。但我還得小心自己的無知與自以為是,否則便成了扮兔仔的豬。

是的,扮兔的豬。離開/回來/重溫/發現。初中時的我,在名字的蓋章上選了的圖案,是扮兔的豬。是預告還是事後諸葛,我決定再小心自己的無知與自以為是。

但把生活中的很多事情過濾,不是好事吧。如我沒有細述剛過去一星期的點滴,那個很難纏的雪糕生日蛋糕該在我腦中找到一個很好的安身之所。事情自有事情自己的辦法,把自己的意識作為記錄的根據是好是壞,又或是喋喋複述生活細節較好?經歷本身與所經歷的事情本身該怎麼調配?還是一切只是對回憶的重申,對過去的不放心,於是一次又一次不厭其煩的去收拾行裝準備再次上路?把一些東西留在一些地方,然後在某一天突然發現,不無意思。什麼時候才真正懂的萬般帶不走的玄意。」

又一次,為了想寫點什麼而寫的點什麼的結果。可想像在日後的某天回看,發現不了我。

那個引號真吊詭。

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