Street cats napping on the seat of scooters, sunbaking
浪貓在午後的機車上午睡，曬著日光浴
powerful sports cars,
囂張的跑車
stuck in a traffic jam made of two-wheels,
Angry.
塞在機車車陣裡，憤怒又無能。

Here and there, cups of bubble tea
到處可見，喝過的手搖飲的空杯
thrown on bikes' baskets
一人接著一人，丟在他人的單車籃子裡
that an army of mysterious little hands,
connected like ants antennas,
will bring it to the right place.
像是一群螞蟻，伸起神秘天線般的觸角，這些杯子，終會到達他們的應許之地。

I like that, in Taipei, the night belongs to the night
with its great layers of shade, like so many shelters,
我喜歡台北，夜晚屬於夜晚，有著無盡疊影
that everywhere I can wander in pajamas
那些疊影是城市裡的神秘基地，我穿著睡衣恣意遊走其中。
as in a waking dream.
就像漫步在夢裡
I like the idea that a nocturnal bike ride
can bring me to the sea in the early morning.
我享受夜間騎上單車，清晨帶著自己駛向海邊
And in the depths of my memories,
there is this roller coaster
記憶深處有著一座雲霄飛車
perched on the roofs of Kaoshiung,
which makes my mind floats strays 'till the evening.
在高雄的屋頂遊樂園，是夜晚野放漂游思緒的地方。

Cats taking a nap on a scooter and sunbathing in the sun
浪貓在午後的機車上午睡，曬著日光浴
and powerful sports cars,
囂張的跑車
blocked in the traffic of the two wheels, angry.
塞在機車車陣裡，憤怒又無能。

And here and there empty bubble teacups in the bike baskets
到處可見，喝過的手搖飲的空杯
that a mysterious army of little hands,
connected like by ants antennas
will lead to good port.
像是一群螞蟻，伸起神秘天線般的觸角，將這些杯子帶領到彼岸渡口。

I like that in Taipei, the night belongs to the night
我喜歡台北，夜晚屬於夜晚
with its large sheets of shade, like so many refugees.
巨型夜幕罩住許多的城市裡的避難所
That here and there I can wander in pajamas
as in a waking dream.
我穿著睡衣恣意遊走其中，就像漫步在夢裡。

I like the idea that a nocturnal bike ride
can bring me to the sea in the early morning.
我享受夜間騎上單車，清晨帶著自己駛向海邊
And in the depths of my memories,
there is this roller coaster
記憶深處有著一座雲霄飛車
perched on the roofs of Kaoshiung,
which makes my mind wander until evening.
在高雄的屋頂遊樂園，使人心神恍惚直到夜晚降臨

Against boredom, I like swallowing atoms,
抵抗百無聊賴，食用幾顆原子
like this cat-robot in the cartoons of my childhood
who opens the doors wherever he is,
towards an interior jungle, wild and free.
就像小叮噹開啟任意門，從無聊蔓延的現實直達野性又自由的內在叢林

But there is also
in the middle of the purring hovering planes on final approach
同時，在呼嘯而過的飛機降落途中
a giant hotel, designed by and for giant monsters,
一棟時代巨獸建造的巨型建物
this aesthetic, this atmosphere these sensations
in which I grew up, unquiet
那封建的美學與氛圍，在成長軌跡裡不安地蠢蠢欲動


The red color that adorns its walls
should be the color of the party,
of celebration and marriage,
紅牆的紅，是喜慶的紅
but for me this red
但這裡的紅
is the red of the white terror,
it is the color of the blood
是白色恐怖的紅，是血紅
which would like to be the color
of the glory
and the forbidden city
是壓迫者榮光的紅，與一座悲傷城市
the color that would like
tell us our color,
血色入侵，威脅我們必須扮演
tell us that we are
only one China.
中國人

Everywhere inside,
some scary corridors.
follows each other without end.
迴廊無盡
Their grandiloquent symmetry
軍國主義的極致對稱
and their mirrors, so many mirrors,
behind which one would think to see
something like police officers,
and interrogation rooms,
貼滿鏡子的迴廊，後面是警察大人身處的審問室
puts aweigh in the air,
an unpronounceable threat.
空氣凝滯，如劍在喉
Like a haunted love motel
who would take possession
of the emptiness that each one has inside.
這裡是一幢鬧鬼的汽車旅館，向每位歷史洪流冤屈淹沒的人，施展空無之術