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<萬福馬驢亞>
美國的母親們啊
讓你們的小孩去看電影吧！
讓他們到屋外去所以他們就不知道你在幹麻
新鮮空氣對身體好是真的
但是靈魂呢
那在黑暗裡成長，銀色圖像在上頭凸起
然後當你變老就像你總是要變老的一樣
他們不會憎恨你
他們不會苛責你他們不會知道
他們將身在一些
他們在星期六午後或是逃學的時候見過的
迷人的國度
他們甚至會感激你
為他們第一次的性經驗
那只花了你二十五分錢
也沒有讓平和的家天翻地覆
他們會知道糖果條是哪裡來的
還有多袋免費的爆米花
就像在電影結束前離開一樣無償
和一個令人愉快的陌生人，他的公寓就在「地球上的天堂」大廈裡
靠近威廉斯堡大橋
噢母親們你們會讓這些小雜種們
相當開心因為如果沒有人在看電影的時候勾搭他們
他們也不會知道那之間的差別
如果真的有人這樣做了那將是純粹意外的美味
且不管怎樣他們都將被全然的娛樂到
而不是在院子裡閒蕩
或是在樓上他們的房間裡
憎恨著你
還是有點貿然啊，你也不會做這樣糟糕的事吧
除了讓你的小孩們與那些邪惡的樂事隔離
那是不可原諒的
所以如果你不聽我的建議的話可別怪我
然後那個家分裂了
然後你的小孩們也變老然後在電視機前讓自己
看
那些他們年輕的時候你不讓他們看的電影看到瞎掉！
原文：
Ave Maria by Frank O'Hara
Mothers of America
let your kids go to the movies!
get them out of the house so they won't know what you're up to
it's true that fresh air is good for the body
but what about the soul
that grows in darkness, embossed by silvery images
and when you grow old as grow old you must
they won't hate you
they won't criticize you they won't know
they'll be in some glamorous country
they first saw on a Saturday afternoon or playing hookey
they may even be grateful to you
for their first sexual experience
which only cost you a quarter
and didn't upset the peaceful home
they will know where candy bars come from
and gratuitous bags of popcorn
as gratuitous as leaving the movie before it's over
with a pleasant stranger whose apartment is in the Heaven on Earth Bldg
near the Williamsburg Bridge
oh mothers you will have made the little tykes
so happy because if nobody does pick them up in the movies
they won't know the difference
and if somebody does it'll be sheer gravy
and they'll have been truly entertained either way
instead of hanging around the yard
or up in their room
hating you
prematurely since you won't have done anything horribly mean yet
except keeping them from the darker joys
it's unforgivable the latter
so don't blame me if you won't take this advice
and the family breaks up
and your children grow old and blind in front of a TV set
seeing
movies you wouldn't let them see when they were young
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原詩排版：
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/20391
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