蔥事

     ——珠海市場所見

一毛錢買一把蔥過年哪！

看啊，這位太太花整整一毛錢買蔥過年哪！

菜販半開玩笑地揚著

手中一個油花花的銅板

不斷地大聲宣張

我忍不住從心底笑出聲來

她為晚餐的魚買的一兩根青蔥

竟膨脹成市場裡沉悶的午後

色香味俱全的作料

葱事

     ——珠海市场所见

一毛钱买一把葱过年哪！

看啊，这位太太花整整一毛钱买葱过年哪！

菜贩半开玩笑地扬着

手中一个油花花的铜板

不断地大声宣张

我忍不住从心底笑出声来

她为晚餐的鱼买的一两根青葱

竟膨胀成市场里沉闷的午後

色香味俱全的作料

     1999。3。16        非馬詩No.723

發表處所﹕

每週一詩(2000.2.20-2000.2.26);《沒有非結不可的果》；

雪魂（一）2016.9；

THE MATTER OF GREEN ONIONS

          -- Scene at a marketplace in Zhuhai, China

A whole ten cents to buy green onions for the New Year

look here everybody, this lady has given me

A WHOPPER TEN CENTS

for green onions

the vegetable vendor half-jokingly flashed

the coin she gave him

and pronounced repeatedly the biggest event of the year

I could not help laughing heartily

as the green onions she wanted for her fish dish

were inflated to spice up

a dull marketplace afternoon

Appeared in:

Highland Park Poetry’s 2023 Summer Muses’ Gallery;

Poem of the Week (2000.2.20 - 2000.2.26);

ISPS Website (2005.6)

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