Bottom of the ocean
Eddie looked into the nursery and what he saw was both familiar and unfamiliar. There was something strange from this perspective, on the outside of the window, like looking into a pond on a calm day.
The teddy bear night-light illuminated the room . he could see his daughter through the bars of her crib. She was slumped over a pillow asleep, like an otter on a rock. Her body rose and fell with her breath.
From the bushes, a frog asked, “re-gret? Re-gret? Re-gret?”
Eddie saw himself on the other side of the pane. He would drown in that room, swallowing in silence until he sank to the bottom of the ocean.
Eddie kissed his index finger and pressed it against the window, half expecting ripples to cover the pane, then returned to his car parked three blocks away.
海底
Eddie 把目光投向婴儿室，他所看到的既熟悉又陌生。从这个角度看，有点奇怪，在窗子的外面，就像在宁静的日子里注视着一汪池塘。
玩具熊夜明灯照亮着屋子。通过婴儿床的横木可以看见他的女儿。她正躺在枕头上睡觉，就像一只躺在石头上的水獭。她的身体随着她的呼吸上下起伏。
矮树丛中有一只青蛙在问：“后悔吗？后悔吗？后悔吗？”
Eddie从另一边的窗子玻璃里看到他自己。他本将在那间房子里淹死，被沉默吞没直到他沉入海底。
Eddie吻了他的食指并按在窗子上。有点希望波浪能够盖住窗子，然后回到停在一个街区外的车子里。
