03/02/2023
I have a sister, she’s been living in Taipei for 10 years
She is very busy, so as Taipei
When she’s cold, Taipei is always the coldest place in whole Taiwan
She works late into the night, the lights of Taipei also never switch off
Sister made phone call back to our country home, only said she missed home
At that moment , in the sky, every now and then
An aeroplane flew by
Sister often wants me to visit her
In her eyes, I am her mobile hometown
Sister and Taipei embraced tightly, eventually
I see high speed shuttle lines on her
If I shine a torch on her
On the wall, the shadow is 101 building
She often rains, said frustrations are hard to dry up
When she lies down she’ll turn into a basin
She has lots of alley ways, and she thinks getting lost is a kind of aesthetics
If she smiles, somewhere in Taipei, street trees ought to blossom
My sister lives in Taipei, all by herself
In the winter nights, sister would pluck the crescent moon
Gently scrapes off every details of loneliness of the whole city
When she rang
Outside my window, as if snow was falling
我有個姊姊，她住在臺北十年了
她很忙，所以臺北也很忙
她冷的時候，臺北總是全台最低溫
她深夜加班，臺北的燈也沒熄過
姊姊打電話回鄉下 只說想家
此刻的天空時不時，掠過飛機一架
姊姊常常讓我去找她
在她眼裡，我是移動式的家鄉
姊姊跟臺北緊緊相擁，漸漸地
我在她身上能看見高速穿梭的線條
我若將手電筒照她身上
牆上投影的是一零一大樓
她很常下雨、說挫折並不容易晾乾
她躺下會成為一座盆地
她有很多小巷，並認為迷路是種美學
她如果笑了，臺北某處的行道樹一定開花
我姊姊住臺北 一個人
冬天的夜晚，姊姊會摘下弦月
輕輕刮除整座城市寂寞的細節
打電話給我的時候
我的窗外，彷彿就飄下雪花
──周盈秀《我姊姊住臺北》 #我姊姊住台北 #读诗 #周盈秀
