<p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:22px; color:rgb(22, 126, 251);">人去椅空</b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:22px; color:rgb(22, 126, 251);">文/孤勇者</b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>春去秋來</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>人來人往</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>人來則實</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>人去則空</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>三三兩兩</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>成對成雙</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>曾經(jīng)播放著《茶館》的侃大山</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>曾經(jīng)演繹著咸亨酒店的</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>人情冷暖</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>也曾是一場刻骨銘心的愛戀</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>主人公不再聚首</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>或離散</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>或死亡</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>或美滿</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>繁華落幕后的孤寂</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>海誓山盟后的憂傷</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>空空的長椅</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>也許就是茶館的空鳥籠</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>也許就是咸亨酒店的碟和碗</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>也許是殘留的香脂味</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>誰不是這籠中鳥</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>誰不是這局中棋</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>誰不是這歷史的浮塵</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>若干年后的</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>都像這一片一片</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>從枝頭滑落的枯葉</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>星星點點</i></b></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;"><b style="font-size:20px; color:rgb(255, 138, 0);"><i>斑駁滄桑</i></b></p> <p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(22, 126, 251); font-size:22px;">The Empty Bench</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(22, 126, 251); font-size:22px;">by Lone Striver</b></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">Spring passes, autumn comes</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">People come, people go</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">When people come,</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);"> it’s full</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">When people go, </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">it’s empty</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">In twos and threes</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">In pairs, side by side</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">This bench once played host</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);"> to The Teahouse, </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">to idle chatter</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">Once echoed the bittersweet warmth of the Xianheng Hotel’s world</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">And once held a love so deep, </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">unforgettable</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">But those figures no longer gather</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">Some scattered</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">Some gone</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">Some blessed</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">The loneliness after the curtain falls</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">The sorrow after vows made</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);"> to the sea and sky</b></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">An empty bench—</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">Perhaps it’s the empty birdcage </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">from the teahouse</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">Perhaps the plates and bowls </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">of Xianheng Hotel</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">Perhaps the lingering trace </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">of perfume</b></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">Who is not the bird in this cage?</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">Who is not a chess piece</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);"> in the game?</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">Who is not but dust </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">?in the drift of history?</b></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">Years from now</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">All will be like these leaves,</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">one by one slipping </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">from the branches—</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b style="color:rgb(176, 79, 187);">starry, scattered, weathered, worn.</b></p>