[創作] Reading Seneca

[spacedunce5 (讀不完的書)]

Why, O Seneca, do you force your characters
to speak in multiple lengthy stanzas
and torture me so?
Be a bit more considerate
of my stomach full of meat and rich
dessert, and let some of my oxygen
go where it's needed. Your evocative
apostrophic descriptions of Athenian landscape
fall on deaf ears when Greece today
is known best for its money woes
and ludicrously carefree Hollywood tales;
your allusions to deities and local gods
rebound off my eyes as if they had hit
mirrors. Your words flow over me
like a soothing hot shower
after I've run a message to
Marathon and back. But
my skin is getting pruned, so please,
please, please just get to the damn
point.

--
英語文工作室
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/jsengstudio/

個板
defenestrate

--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc)
◆ From: 122.124.103.208
推 dieEule:OK, I laughed
※ 編輯: spacedunce5     來自: 122.124.103.208      (10/10 21:31)
推 yuuyh:I guess the title of your next poem would be "Reading
→ yuuyh:Cicero"?! XDDD
推 hecati:O the sweet ol' days of tackling with Norton...XDDDD
→ spacedunce5:樓上雖然很懂我但這次不是唷
推 hecati:I know. It just reminds me of my thoughts when I was
→ hecati:celebrating New Year's Eve with that bloody brick...
→ spacedunce5:                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^s  +1
推 sylviaplath:O the **'**(muffling) days babbling of Norton
→ spacedunce5:原來大家都是苦主XD