“He Swears

He swears every now and then to begin a better life.
But when night comes with its own counsel,
its own compromises and prospects—
when night comes with its own power
of a body that needs and demands,
he goes back, lost, to the same fatal pleasure.”

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他立下誓言

他每每立下誓言要更好地度过一生。

但当夜晚来临，

带着它的劝告、妥协和希翼—-

那肉体难以抗拒的力量一起到来时，

他又迷失在那致命的欢愉里。

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