In Other Words・別の言葉で

morning glories・朝顔

朝顔が有刺鉄線に伸びてゆく秋伸びてゆく朝顔の嫉妬

as the autumn
morning glories grow
along the barbed wire
so does this jealousy
of the morning glories grow

that cloud・その雲

あのウサギみたいな雲も一瞬で別の何かに変わってしまう

that cloud looking
like the rabbit I once kept
in just a moment
it too changes
into something else

in black・黒い服

この黒い服を脱がずに眠ってる固まってゆく張り子の私

still dressed
in these black clothes
I sleep
hardening into this
papier-mache of myself

100:題 (ケビン・スタイン)

空っぽのマグから噴き出す恐怖感　題を詠まない自由と引き換え

gushing up from
the empty mug
fear and then again
this sense of freedom
a themeless poem

099:刺（ケビン・スタイン)

和を守る蜂の小さな死に似てる子の唇を刺すような指

my finger
like a stinger against
a child's lips
the small death of a bee
defending this harmony

098:テレビ (ケビン・スタイン)

初めての雪降る夜中のテレビには僕だけに見える大人の世界

my first
midnight snowfall
on the TV
an adult world
for me to see alone

097:告白 (ケビン・スタイン)

手を握り吊り橋渡り「高いとこ、苦手」と君への最初の告白

"I'm afraid
of heights," I say
and take your hand
as we cross the bridge
of my first confession

096:器 (ケビン・スタイン)

孵卵器に二個の卵のような恋　手を伸ばさずに映画が終わり

this love
like two eggs
in an incubator
the movie ends
before I take your hand

095:誤 (ケビン・スタイン)

数独の最後のマスに一生の些細な誤算 こぼしたインク

in the last blank
of the sudoku
a lifetime of small
miscalculations
and spilled ink

094:流行 (ケビン・スタイン)

質問の答えは色の名前だけ　それが僕らの最後の流行

every question
answered only
with the name
of a color
our last fad