闰秒

望着地球母亲 

越走越蹒跚的脚步

你把骊歌的尾音

幽幽拖长

一边把整整的

一秒

沉沉交到

挥霍殆尽的浪子手里

看他又哭又笑

紧紧握住

这天外飞来的横财

附注：由於地球越走越慢，巴黎的国际地球运转服务中央局将在 

一九九五年尾加上一个额外的”闰秒”，好让“国际原子钟”

与“世界钟”同步。-----95.12.18路透社

LEAP SECOND

Witnessing mother earth

stagger away at her advanced age

you stretch your farewell song

to the limit of your breath

and watch a man who is dead broke

laughing and crying

clutch in his hands

the windfall

of a long----- long--------- 

second

Note：With the earth now rotating more slowly, the Central Bureau of the International Earth Rotation Service in Paris will add an extra “leap second” to the end of 1995.—Reuters, Dec. 18, 1995