[中国]野鬼
《杀鸡记》
昨天下午
我出门买鸡
农贸市场
到处都是湿漉漉的
空气中
弥漫着烂菜叶的腐臭气息……
鸡贩子把鸡
关在一个大铁丝笼子里
旁边还竖立着一台脱毛机
脱毛机的四周一地鸡毛
当我靠近鸡笼时
鸡们惊恐地挤成一团
我指着看中的一只鸡
让鸡贩子过秤
当鸡贩子将他
那只粘着几片鸡毛的手
伸进铁丝笼子时
那只面临灭顶之灾的鸡
竟然一动不动
当真印证了
那个耳熟能详的成语
——呆若木鸡
称完了重量
鸡贩子举起
一把寒光闪闪的刀
对准鸡的脖子
用力一抹
一股殷红的鲜血
霎时喷涌而出……
随即
那只鸡
被扔进了脱毛机
然后
鸡贩子舀了一瓢
滚烫的开水淋了下去——
那只鸡惨叫连连
引得笼子里的那些鸡
也一阵阵骚动……
哀鸣声
终于微弱下去
直至消失在寒风中——
鸡贩子
早已开动
脱毛机开始搅拌……
只一会儿功夫
一只光溜溜的鸡
就在我的眼皮底下
被一刀一刀斩成鸡块……
这时
铁丝笼子里的鸡们
也已平静下来
它们
又开始啄食主人
喂养的饲料
有的开始梳理自己的羽毛
有的打鸣
还有的互相打斗抢食
好一片和平热闹的景致
同伴的命运
似乎和它们没有一点关系
刚才发生的一切
也似乎只是一场恶梦
如今
一切又复归平静……
2012年10月10日
[China] Diablo
In Memory of a Butchered Chicken
Yesterday afternoon
I went out to buy a chicken
In the farmer’s market
It is moist all around the ground
In the air
The smell of rotten vegetables filled …
The chickens were put into
A big wire cage by a chicken trafficker
Beside it was a hair removal machine
Their feather on the ground around it
When I approached to the cage
They crowded around in horror
I pointed one of them which I wanted to buy
To ask him to weigh it
When he reached
His hands stuck with a few pieces of feather
Into the wire cage
Faced with the extinction the chicken
Was actually motionless
It confirms
A familiar Chinese idiom
—Dumb as a wooden chicken
After weighed
He held
A gleaming knife
Aligning it’s neck
To force a touch
A surge of blood
Was instantly gushing…
Immediately
The chicken
Was thrown into the machine
And then
He fetched a scoop of
Scalding water pouring down—
It screamed again and again
That also sparked those chickens in the cage
A scene of screaming …
Whine
Weakened finally
Until it disappeared in the chilly wind—
He had
Already opened
His machine to stir…
After a moment
A naked chicken
Right under my nose
Was chopped into pieces
At the same time
The chickens in the cage
Had also calmed down
They
Began pecking at the feed
Feeding by their master
Some began to smooth their feather
Some crowed
Some were fighting for food
What a peaceful and happy scene it was
As if their fellows’ fate
Did not link together with them at all
Just now what had happened
Also seemed to be a nightmare
Now
All was calm again…
October 10, 2012
©Translated by Sophy Chen
