Always Something
Peter Fallon
There's always something --
a trail of bindweed（旋花類植物）
trumpeting September
the length of field wall
and worn fences; that clamp
of silage（青貯） an ember（灰燼，余燼）
on the left as you leave here,
smouldering
on the slab
of Napers' yard on winter
mornings; a lace pattern
in the tractor cab
that's a dew-silvered
spider's web; new grass
a light veil of green mist
along the furrowed（有溝痕的）
brow of earth
it barely kissed:
a pledge of hay.
House martins on their lap
of honour around the house earn
our applause
as we concelebrate
the victory of their return.
Always something --
the hedgerow（灌木籬墻） where
haw blossom simmered
and boiled over
in the heat of May; that smell
where honeysuckle shimmered
after a spill of rain. Spiders
perform high-wire acts
without a safety net.
A pheasant dives
into a pool of air.
Fireworks beget
ragwort's
rank alchemy（點(diǎn)金術(shù)，魔力） of August
while manes of gossamer
wave in the currents
of low sky, windblown
on the horse of summer.
Crosshatch design
of elderberry bark
like harbour ropes in watery
sway -- and all the while,
'way in the west, a trawler（拖網(wǎng)漁船）
marries port to sea,
the gulls' cheers in its wake
a bridal train
behind a sudsy（起泡沫的） wedding dress.
Always something ... And now,
tell me again, who was it exactly
you were trying to impress.
