可以使用的数分钟的预订--莎莉.梵.都伦

我听见排在我后面的妈妈
给她小而吵闹的孩子们
解释安全须知。

我开始计算我花费了多少时间
听一个自动化的声音告诉我
如何找到最佳的退出路线，

如何使用座位当漂浮用具，
如何把氧气面罩放到我的嘴上
而且继续呼吸。如果乘务员

能建议我如何记住我父亲
如何和我的朋友道别，
如何不爱我的丈夫就好了。
I heard the mother in the row behind me
explain the safety instructions
to her small noisy children.

I began to calculate how much time
I have spent listening to an automated voice
tell me how to identify the best exit routes,

how to use the seat as a flotation device,
how to place the oxygen mask over my mouth
and continue breathing. If only the flight attendant

could advise me on how to remember
my father, how to say goodbye
to my friend, how not to love my husband.