Fruit flies exposed to many dead fruit flies lose their fat stores(脂肪储备), die more quickly than those kept naive(天真的；未受影响的). I who have lived long now and will die of my living, not of my grief, and more than once from a public garden stole roses— red ones and pink ones, scented and not— stammer before these troubled and truthful fruit flies.(我，如今已活到暮年，将死于我的生命而非悲伤，并且不止一次从公共花园偷摘玫瑰——红的粉的，有香无香的——在这些困扰而诚实的果蝇面前，我语塞了。)
暴露于大量死果蝇中的果蝇会失去脂肪储备，比那些保持天真的果蝇死得更快。我，如今已活到暮年，将死于我的生命，而非我的悲伤，并且不止一次从公共花园偷摘玫瑰——红的和粉的，有香的和无香的——在这些困扰而诚实的果蝇面前，我语塞了。
This poem appears in the October 2026 print edition.
本诗发表于2026年10月印刷版。