she was shaking and talking 她在发抖，说话

louder and louder 呼声强烈

each sentence was sifted 每个句子进行筛分

to a very fine powder 成非常细的粉末

her face was wet and tight 她的脸是湿的紧

her grip was cold and light 她的抓地力和冷光源

a strong wind could blow you down 强风可以吹你失望

I heard myself say 我听见自己说

And she said 她说：

word up sister 字了妹妹

a strong wind 强风

could take me away 能带我走

   

I said how long have 我说有多久

you been at large 你一直在逃

they told me you were stashed 他们告诉我你藏起来

last time I asked 我最后一次问

she said I've been out now 她说，我已经出现

for all of three hours 对于所有三小时

I just resurfaced 我刚复出

and here you are 在这里你

I must admit 我必须承认，

that it has been hard 它一直在努力

so far 到目前为止

   

I said skeletons are fine 我说的骨架都很好

your closet or mine 你的衣柜里还是我

and we took turns recounting 我们轮流讲述

the details of lost time 浪费时间的细节

and when we had both 当我们有两个

admitted it all 承认这一切

we threw our heads back 我们丢我们的头回

and laughed until we cried 笑了起来，直到我们哭了

we laughed because the world 我们都笑了，因为世界

is absurd and beautiful and small 是荒谬的，美丽的，小

   

there we were 还有我们

washed up on the curb 冲上路边

as the rush hour traffic 作为上下班高峰期交通

went out with the tide 出去跟潮

and I was aware that 而我知道，

with every word spoken and shared 每口语与单词共享

I could see her shaking subside 我能看到她的颤抖平息

I said sister looks to me 我说姐姐在我看来

like you're going to be fine 就像你会好起来的