实际上,大象极其敏感,容易激动。它们有狂野的想象力,有时能让它们忘记自己的面目。当它们走进水中,它们闭上眼。看到自己的腿,它们沮丧地哭泣。我知道一头爱上蜂鸟的大象。它日渐消瘦,彻夜难眠,最后死于心碎。那些不懂大象的天性的人们说:它如此超重。(赵晓旭摘自《散文诗》) In fact, elephants are extremely sensitive and easy to get excited. They have wild imagination, sometimes allowing them to forget about themselves. When they walked into the water, they closed their eyes. When I saw my leg, they cried in frustration. I know an elephant who loves hummingbirds. It is getting thin, sleepless nights, and finally died of heartbreak. Those who do not understand the nature of elephants say that it is so overweight. (Zhao Xiaoxu excerpt from “Prose Poems”)