驚駭的首都
都市墓誌銘，之六
列車經過時把不起眼的搭棚小攤震地嘎嘎響
就在沿著軌道邊的馬路上他們賣著可口可樂
塑膠袋裝，加了冰塊
在他專業性的齜牙冷笑下
他質問政府何以侮辱
一雙雙種植水稻的手
他聽到蠻行硬躦的響聲
波及鄉下的稻米資源、
孩童的身軀和未知的權利
不需要錘子 不需要鐮刀
他豐收了纍纍的剝削之實
洗清雙手 卻洗不清的雙耳
有一串咒語繚繞縈迴
「我是首都
驚人的珍貴寶石
金光閃爍的飾品
所有人心為之迷眩」
Amazing Capital
Urban Epitaph, Part Six
A train rattles the indifferent shacks
Along the tracks where theyre selling Coca-Cola
By the bag; with ice
Beneath his professional grin
He wonders why Government House
Slaps the hands which tend the rice
He hears a drill force forcing its way
Into provincial resources of rice,
Childrens bodies and unknown rights
He needs neither hammer nor sickle
To harvest the burden of exploitation
He has cleaned his hands; but not his ears
An incantation haunts,
"I am the capital
The Amazing gem
The golden jewel that dazzles you all"
Tom Radzienda: A Promise for Siam,
Pentameter Press International: Thailand, 2002.
ISBN: 974-88608-3-3
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