Yao Feng # 14 - Attempted suicide

《自杀未遂者》


他站在十六层楼的阳台
这是他最终选择的方式

暮色燃亮的万家灯火
像无数只鬣狗的眼睛
暗中等待着一块腐肉

他望了一眼楼下，不想砸到行人
楼下却开始聚集越来越多的人
熙熙攘攘，指指划划
嬉笑着等待看一出免费悲剧，或者喜剧
丝毫没有死亡的肃穆与凝重

他突然改变了主意
发誓要在这些嬉笑的人身后死去

an attempt at suicide

he stood on the sixteenth floor balcony

this is the way he chose

the evening's lights

eyes of a hyena

secretly waiting for carrion

his eyes were cast down

not wishing to hit a pedestrian

but down there

more and more of them gathered

a bustling crowd

pointing and giggling

waiting to see tragedy, comedy

is not death a solemn thing?

he changed his mind

determined that he would die laughing