Marriage – 婚姻 by Yao Peck Lu

Another poem/very short story by Yao Lu

Teen Poppy – Photo by F. Marincola – El Granada, April 7 2019

婚姻

他们少不经事时相识，

最初激情是永不干涸的海水，

浪花在乐此不疲亲吻着海岸。

中年男人靠卷烟释放情绪，

烟雾从烟囱里升腾而起，

电子烟无法替代的感受。

她推开窗户，抱怨房间里刺鼻的味道，

混合着柑橘味香水，汗水……

他从不抱怨。至少在她面前不会抱怨，

最难以忍受的是她咀嚼食物的声音。

他爱扮演单身男人

朝青涩的女孩们抛出飞吻，

看着她们撇过脸，红云爬上了脸庞——

快乐的秘籍。

大多数人认为

他是优秀的丈夫，慈祥的父亲，

只要她假装不知道这一切，

他们的心仍然紧密相连,

在众人眼里幸福还跟随她。

Marriage

They met when they were young,

In the beginning, passion is the sea that never dries up,

The waves are kissing the shore endlessly.

Middle-aged men release their emotions by cigarettes,

Smoke rises from the chimney,

E-cigarettes cannot replace it.

She opened the window and complained about the pungent smell in the room，

mixed with citrus perfume, sweat…

He never complains. At least not complaining in front of her,

The most unbearable thing was the noise she made while chewing food.

He likes to be a single man

Throwing kisses at young girls,

Seeing them turn their faces away, the red cloud climbed up on their faces —

Happy secret.

Most people think

he is an excellent husband or a kind father,

As long as she pretends not to know it,

their hearts are still closely connected.

In the eyes of everyone, happiness still follows her.