Cui Yuwei #27--"The First Words"

Cui Yuwei #27--"The First Words"

The First Words

Written and self-translated into English by Cui Yuwei

pouring
no umbrella
she's in the supermarket entranceway
two big heavy bags
a long wait
expecting a call
that would never come
she lugs the bags
through the rain
onto the bus

back home
she throws them on the floor
water keeps on dripping
from her hair
she walks to the window
stays there awhile
looking at the rain

it’s been half a month now
she has counted 
no words, nothing
not even contact eye

that night
he crawls onto the bed
strips her naked
it's been half a month
the first words she hears from him

 “you’re really like a bitch!” 

《第一句話》

大雨

她沒帶傘

拎著兩個沉甸甸的塑胶袋

站在超市門口

等了很久

沒有來電

她冒雨上了公交

濕著頭髮進屋

撂下袋子

在窗邊看了會兒雨

有半個月了

她在計算

沒有話，也沒有

任何接觸

包括眼神上的

那天夜裡

他爬上床

扒下她的衣服

半個月了

她聽到的第一句話是

“你真像個婊子”