作者RainReader (R.R)
看板MusicMood
标题[心情]Where does the Ocean go?
时间Fri Jun 29 19:32:48 2007
打开车门,发动引擎,6月27日。
下了一点小雨,在车窗玻璃上形成一圈一圈的涟漪。停在接近交流道的路口。
当红灯亮起,车子停下,路旁开始有人发送广告传单。
曾几何时,在一些重要的路口,都可以看见一群人在那个小红人倒数的秒数中,
在车阵中发送传单。
这些传单几乎都是房屋仲介的广告,是一种纸张的浪费和垃圾的制造,
也慢慢使人不再摇下车窗。他们变通的方式是,他们一次塞给你很多张,
或是不断的向你点头敬礼;当然,後者对我非常有效。
另外一种以前很经常在马路旁看到,但已经越来越少见的,就是卖玉兰花的妈妈。
她们带着遮档阳光的斗笠和避免风沙废气的头巾。玉兰花,越来越贵了,
用着钉书针和回纹针穿过三四株花朵,四十元。经过两三天,那香味逐渐散去,
细小的黑色班点出现在枯黄的花瓣中。
被丢弃在垃圾桶之中的四十元,取而代之的是香味持续更久的,一瓶一罐的化学芳香剂。
逐渐消失的身影,没落的玉兰花妈妈。没想到今天,竟然再度看到这一幕,
玉兰花妈妈,後面还跟着一个小女孩。
A woman waiting by herself, selling flowers
"please buy some, so I can help my daughter, will you?"
我脑袋浮现这句歌词。摇下车窗,向她招手,示意我要买。
「谢谢。」
把拥有White Champak 如此美丽名字的花朵,挂在车座前,淡淡的幽雅味道扑鼻而来。
绿灯亮起,采下油门前进。她们的身影依然在红绿灯的路口,透过後照镜映射出来,
但逐渐变小,模糊了起来。
就好像,夏目漱石《少爷》中,阿清为少爷送行的那一幕。
之前新闻报导某个卖胡椒饼照顾女儿的父亲一样,因为电视媒体的宣传,
大家开始同情地去买他的胡椒饼,但是一段时间後,业绩还是再度下滑。
就好像日本某「抢救贫穷大作战」的节目一样,九成以上的店家在节目播出一段时间後,
再度面临了倒闭的危机。
在一些「先进」的城市,搞不好还会以交通安全或是有碍市容之类的理由禁止
这种马路边的小小买卖。这逐渐凋零玉兰花,终究会被我丢弃在垃圾桶之中。
社会如果像巨大的海洋,卖玉兰花的妇女,彷佛淹没在巨大的浪潮下小小泡沫,
无数为求生活的弱势族群,不禁会问
Where does the Ocean go?
all day the city's selling something
always, the busy people spinning 'round
busier
dizzier
'til they go back home to somewhere
and taxies stop to say "hello"
"want a ride? I'll take you there"
"to anywhere, just tell my driver"
the sun is casting shadows
an afternoon is fading
I ask, but no one knows
the answer to the question
my life is like an island
where does this ocean go?
shyly, a wino sips his wine
slowly, cause to him that is all that matters
he sees a cat he knows so well
now sleeping on a bench together
a woman waiting by herself, selling flowers
"please buy some, so I can help my daughter, will you?"
the man with spider eyebrows
is standing on a corner
"who wants to see a show?"
his head looks like a melon
he turns into an alley
then stops to blow his nose
sky is filled with neon
the buildings stand electric
and almost seem to glow
want answers to the question
my life is like an island
where does the ocean go?
I really want to know
my life is like an island
it's time for me now to fly
where does the ocean go?
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http://blog.xuite.net/tuyu/MIYU/12311816
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