Born in Germany, Bukowski was brought to the United States at the age of two. Bukowski wrote more than forty books of poetry, prose and novels.

查尔斯-布可夫斯基（1920—1994）是德裔美国诗人、小说家、短篇故事作家。生于德国安德纳赫，2岁随父母移居美国。他一生从事过多种工作,是一位多产的作家，写过四十多本书。

浅水, 80 后，广东人。从事英语教学工作。现居广州。

Qian Shui was born in Guangdong and works in Guangzhou as an English teacher.

Ruin

毁掉

William Saroyan said, "I ruined my
life by marrying the same woman
twice."

there will always be something
to ruin our lives,
William,
it all depends upon
what or which
finds us
first,
we are always
ripe and ready
to be
taken.

ruined lives are
normal
both for the wise
and 
others.

it is only when
that life
ruined
becomes ours
we realize
then
that the suicides, the
drunkards, the mad, the
jailed, the dopers
and etc. etc.
are just as common
a part of existence
as the gladiola, the
rainbow
the
hurricane
and nothing
left
on the kitchen
shelf.
			

威廉-萨卢因说，“我毁掉了自己的
生活，因为我跟同一个女人
结了两次婚。”

总有一些事情
会毁了我们的生活
威廉
这只取决于
什么或哪一个
先找到
我们
时机一直都很成熟
我们随时
都会
被抓住

生活被毁掉
很正常
无论你
聪明
还是不聪明
都是一样

只有在
自己的
生活
被毁掉时
我们
才发现
自杀者，酒鬼，疯子
囚犯，吸毒者
等等，等等
只是存在中
常见的一部分
就像
厨房架子上的
剑兰
彩虹
和
飓风
以及
空虚