愛情，是婚姻的前提。這可能正在成為越來越多人的共識。

那婚姻是不是愛情的墳?zāi)?？每個人都有自己的看法。

John Kenney一位詩人，為已婚者作愛情詩。但，別誤會，不是那種風花雪月、深情款款的纏綿，但也好像不是細水長流、相濡以沫的溫情。

Are You in the Mood?

I am.
Let’s put the kids down.
Have a light dinner.
Shower.
Maybe not drink so much.
And do that thing I would rather do with you than with anyone else.
Lie in bed and look at our iPhones. 

你不開心嗎？

是的

那讓我們放下孩子

來頓燭光晚餐

沐浴

或許別喝太多

然后做一件我不愿和他人只愿和你一起做的事

躺在床上看我們的iPhone

When Are You Planning to Turn Off Your Kindle?

They say love is light.
I think they do.
I’m not really sure.
I might have heard that in a Subaru commercial.

The point is that I see your light right now.
And I wish I didn’t.
Because I’m really tired.
And I had a long day.
And I have to get up early tomorrow.
All of which you know.

Another thing they say is that a man can know something but forget it almost instantly.
Like a goldfish.
I sigh the sigh I sigh when I’m annoyed.
But you don’t hear me.
Because you have earbuds in.
And are watching what appears to be a video of people bodysurfing on pudding.
And here I thought you were reading a book.

Maybe love is like light.
In that it can fade.
Seriously. Would it kill you to watch that in the bathroom?

你打算什么時候關(guān)掉你的Kindle？

他們說愛是光

我想是的

但我不確定

我可能在Subaru的廣告中聽過這個說法

關(guān)鍵是我現(xiàn)在看到你的光

而我希望我沒看到

我太累了

度過了漫長的一天

我明天還得早起

而這些你都知道

他們還說了另一件事，人會立刻忘記一些他們知道的事

像金魚

我嘆息，當我生氣時我嘆息

但你聽不見

因為你帶著耳機

正在看一段好像是人們在布丁上沖浪的視頻

而我以為你在看書

也許愛就是光

因為它會熄滅

說真的，你就不能去浴室看嗎？

Orgy

Autumn.
Overcast and cool.
Woodsmoke-scented air.
Leaves in the yard.

We decided to go out back
among the tall hedgerows to rake and bag the leaves.

You said, in a very sexy voice,
“We’re out of garbage bags.”
And in your shrugging I might have seen
your breasts move,

Had they not been covered by
your fleece sweatshirt,
your work shirt,
and your T-shirt.

“Well, I’m going in,” you said.
Later, we heated up Dinty Moore beef stew
and then you went to bed.
I watched half a Jason Bourne movie.

Did I say orgy?
Sorry, my mind wandered.
I meant yard work.

狂歡

秋天

陰沉而清涼

空氣中有樹木的香味

院子里有落葉

我們決定回去

在高大的灌木籬笆墻之間耙樹葉，把樹葉裝進袋子。

你用很性感的聲音說，

“我們沒有垃圾袋了。”

你聳肩時，我好像看到

你的胸部在起伏

他們沒有被覆蓋嗎

被你的羊毛運動衫

你的工作襯衫

以及你的T恤

“好了，我要進去了”，你說

之后，我們做了燉牛肉

然后你上床睡覺了

我看了半部Jason Bourne的電影

我說了狂歡嗎？

對不起，我走神了

我意思是打掃院子

Is This the Right Time for That?

Standing at the door
ready to go,
tapping my foot.
(We are late for my sister’s surprise party.)
I turn and see you
in the kitchen,
like a man on a summer afternoon by a lake
casually adjusting a fishing rod.

Only it’s not a fishing rod.
It’s fingernail clippers.
And you are cutting your fingernails
over the sink.
You look up, and perhaps because of the expression on my face
you say, “What?”
It would be impossible for me to explain
if you don’t already understand.

這是合適的時候嗎？

站在門口

準備出發(fā)

輕敲著腳

（我們快趕不上我姐姐的驚喜派對了）

我回頭看到你

正在廚房

像個站在夏日午后湖邊的男人

輕松地調(diào)整著自己的魚竿

只是那不是魚竿

是指甲剪

你竟然在剪指甲

在水池邊

你抬頭，可能因為我的表情

你問：“怎么了？”

我不太可能解釋清楚

如果你還不明白

John Kenney自1999年開始便是《紐約客》雜志的作者，以上的小詩，出自他為該雜志撰寫的系列詩歌《Love Poems for Married People》。

這些小詩因其犀利、獨特、現(xiàn)實而又不是風趣的視角，獲得了很多讀者的喜歡，并已集結(jié)出書。

如果以上內(nèi)容沒有讓你對婚姻失去幻想和期待，可以去買一本來看看。

其實，婚姻、愛情，有什么不同呢，說到底，都是生活啊。