《学坏》

By Ouyang Yu

 《学坏》


在古代，其实也就是

504小时或30240分钟

或1814400秒钟之前


有人学坏，说：

干吗总是盯着我

群里那么多人都不参评？！


我这才第一次意识到

原来，人生就是一个

学坏的过程


这不，威廉•马克思

一个法国人，谁知道是不是

卡尔•马克思的第几世孙


就在他的书

《仇恨文学》

The Hatred of Literature中指出 


《伊索寓言》中讲的道理

一教给孩子

他们都是从反方向学的


更欣赏《狐狸和乌鸦》中的狐狸

更佩服《狮子与驴子合作打猎》

中的狮子有本事


等于跟他们

白讲了

道理


想起读大学时有个同学

读了巴尔扎克的《欧也妮·葛朗台》

并不觉得那吝啬鬼讨厌


反觉得如果学习知识

能像他那样点滴积累

倒也不错


完了，诗写至此

好像已经违背了主旨

把坏形象学好了


（自评：人类天天学坏，诗歌日日向恶，面向大海一看，里面全是垃圾。谢谢值班弄诗——2021年1月23日星期六见砸于“Otherland原乡砸诗群“）


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