这个一辈子都是小孩的男人
       贪玩、自我，不会照顾他人
       长大，只需要一个瞬间

       自从他没了母亲，心便空了一个洞
       像鼹鼠一样，钻进去冬眠不醒
       感知不到春天和爱情

       四月的雨终于浸润了大地
       风千呼万唤，阳光张开温暖的怀抱
       饥饿苏醒，寻找妈妈的味道

       这个缩不回去的四月
       五十几的男人，突然走进厨房
       点燃人间烟火，蒸煮对一抔黄土的思念

       凭借回忆用大铁锅做出喷香的米饭
       学习用蒸笼做家乡的小菜
       摸索着用大瓦煲做一顿红烧或卤味
       （2022-04-04）

A childlike man  in April

--By Hong Gan

The man had been like a child all his life who was playful, self- absorbed, incapable of taking care of others
All it took was a moment to grow up

Since his mother passed away,
his heart has been empty with a hole
Like a mole, he went into hibernation and never woke up to feel spring and love 

The rain in April has finally soaked the earth, the wind calling and the sun opening its warm embrace
The sense of hunger awakes with spring, looking for the unforgettable pleasant smell from the kitchen

In the season of spring, nothing is allowed to shrink back
The man in his fifties suddenly walks into the kitchen
Like a down- to- earth cook, he is trying to find the taste of his birth place in memories 

He uses a large iron pot to make fragrant rice 
,learns to use a steamer to do hometown snacks
and fumbles to do a pot-stewed meat dish like his late mother

(April 26,2022)