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2024-5-28 16:06
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2024年5月22日,《美国医学会杂志》JAMA在“诗歌和医学”栏目发表了Joan Baranow, PhD的一篇“A Good Prognosis”短诗,表达了永恒的希望和祝福。

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These are not the final few months of my life,

not the last bowl of salad I add a few

spoons of tuna and mayo to.

I’m not going to die on a date printed

in the calendar that hangs on my fridge

with cheesy pictures of Yosemite

and captions like Bike to Work Day.

I can sit here at the kitchen window, watching

my neighbor walk down the street with her daughter

without the need to join them or to hurry

someplace pretty to have a last look.

According to statistics I’ve got at least

five years left, or ten depending on the website.

Which means I can sit here and eat

chopped lettuce and carrots and celery as slowly as I like

as if health required nothing but belief.

I watch a car go by, and then another.

这不是我生命的最后几个月,

也不是我最后一碗沙拉,

我在里面加了几勺金枪鱼和蛋黄酱。

我不会死在挂在冰箱上的日历上,

日历上印着优胜美地的俗气照片,

还有骑车上班日的说明

我坐在厨房的窗口,

看着邻居和她的女儿走在街上,

而不需要加入他们,或者匆匆忙忙地去某个漂亮的地方看最后一眼。

根据统计,我至少还能活5年,

或者10年,取决于网站。

这意味着我可以坐在这里,

尽情地吃着切好的生菜、胡萝卜和芹菜,

就好像健康只需要信念一样。

我看着一辆车经过,

然后又是一辆。

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2024-5-28于济南

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