Invention创作　　Billy Collins比利 科林斯　　Tonight the moon is a cracker,今晚的月亮是块　　with a bite out of it ,被咬掉一口的薄脆饼干　　floating in the night.

飘飘荡荡浮在夜天，　　and in a week or so ,按照日历　　according to the calendar ,约莫一周时间　　it will probably look,它看似大概会　　like a silver football,像个银色的足球，　　and nine, maybe ten days ago,而九天，或许十天之前　　it reminded me of a thin bright claw.

它使我想起一个薄明的蟹钳。

　　But eventually-可渐渐地―　　by the end of the month,到这个月底　　I reckon-我推断―　　it will waste away ,它将消瘦至　　to nothing,身影全无　　nothing but stars in the sky,天上只留繁星点点，　　and I will have a few nights,而对我自己来说　　to myself,会有几个夜晚　　a little time to rest my jittery pen.

让我极度紧张的笔得以休闲。

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