The Philosopher by James Laughlin

好吧，这就对那位
清秀的老人致敬
他每天都出去用一根绳子
和一点口香糖捞出硬币
透过百老汇大街上
地下通道的格栅
他说他每周
平均五美元
他说对于一个
不饮酒的人来说那就够了。
Well here’s a salute to
that clean old man who’s
out every day fishing up
coins with a string and
a bit of gum through the
subway gratings on Broad-
way he says that he aver-
ages five dollars a week
and he says that’s enough
for a man who don’t drink.
“The Philosopher” by James Laughlin from The Collected Poems of James Laughlin 1935-1997. © New Directions Book, 2014. Reprinted with permission.