Earthly Gods
遇眾仙
我讀各國神話 / 發現一件趣事 / 不管來自何方
天界總有些神仙，喜歡不时 / 降臨凡塵，或視察人世疾苦 / 或嬉戲人間
他們都樂意 / 把自己偽裝成 / 老人
我住在上海 / 一個長者聚居的社區裡，每天 / 偶遇海量的老人
他們，看似總是 / 活在自己的世界裡 / 但同時
又與周遭的人或事 / 緊密纏繞
我直覺，他們之中 / 有人，說不定 / 很大的機率 / 極有可能 / 分分鐘 / 正是
神仙
不開玩笑。
something I found interesting
when reading myths
from around the globe
certain Gods from
above, regularly
prefer to land in the mortal world
to
inspect all the sufferings
and miseries of mankind
while
some of them
simply
indulge themselves in the earthly pleasures that are lacking in heaven
funny enough
they always tend to disguise as elderly people
I used to live in a neighborhood
in Shanghai
that was full of senior citizens inevitably
they had become a group of people
I could not look away from
they seemed to live in their own world
all the time
meanwhile
were so closely
connected to their surroundings
there are moments
when I could not help
but wonder
what if
some of them are
actually
Gods?
