The Sacrifice Of Yeasts Poem by Zachary Huang

酵母的牺牲

/北美蜂叔

你安静地在水里
吸收那些蜜中的糖分
吐出二氧化碳的气泡

最后，你把自己杀死了
因为酒精浓度太高

六个月
于你好像是六个世纪的煎熬

我在酒里
寻找蜜的影子

当然，我也通情达理
在最后飘飘然的时候

知道这蜜的酒
不单有蜜蜂的辛劳

也隐隐晓得你为酒精
做出了最高尚的牺牲

2020-09-08

The sacrifice of yeasts

By Zachary Huang

quietly in water you reside
absorbing the sugar in the honey
bubbling out carbon dioxide

eventually, you will die
because in the mead
the alcohol concentration is too high

six months
it must be like six centuries
of suffering to you
what a slow way of dying

finally in the mead
I searched in the dark hours
that hint of honey
the sweetness and remnants of flowers

of course, I'm also quite reasonable
after becoming a bit light-headed
I know this honey wine
was not only the hard work of bees

I also vaguely know
that you, to make these ethanol
made the noblest sacrifice of all

Sept 8,2020.