《薄唇》（外一篇）

By Ouyang Yu

 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/6kHP26XqTO-tQLL9WzMXuQ



这是欧阳昱发表于2026年3月25日的一篇散文，包含两个片段：《薄唇》与《揣摩》。

整体印象

欧阳昱是澳大利亚华语文学界的重要声音，这两篇短文延续了他一贯的自省风格——意识流与即时感知并行，笔触随性却暗藏精准的观察力。文章以"外一篇"命名，暗示它们是某个更大创作计划的边角料，但边角料本身也有其价值与趣味。

《薄唇》

这篇是两者中更具文学分量的一篇。文章从湖边的污秽景象切入——浮油、烟囱、蚊虫——写的是某个大学校园附近的环境，却因为一缕桂花香气而急转直下，进入一段绵密的联想漩涡。作者在气味、记忆、水果（苹果还是杨桃梨？）之间反复拉扯，最终落在"薄唇"这个意象上，仿佛嗅觉、味觉、视觉都汇聚于嘴唇这个触觉器官。这种通感的处理是欧阳昱的拿手好戏，读来有普鲁斯特式的绵延感，但又更粗粝、更肉身化。结尾那句"这香味能告诉你一切，将来，现在，过去，只要你与它同在，内与外"有点刻意升华，反而稍微削弱了前段感官描写的力度。

《揣摩》

这段则更令人不安。作者写自己在图书馆对面树丛读书，对路过的女学生们身形的注意，以及如何用"意志力"强迫自己不抬头。表面上是一篇关于自我控制的小反思，但字里行间那种"猥琐"的自我调侃与欲望的真实存在之间的张力，读来颇为暧昧。这种坦诚有其勇气，也有其危险——它游走在文学式的自我剖析与自我宽宥之间，读者如何解读，很大程度上取决于对作者的信任程度。

语言与风格

欧阳昱长期游走于中英文之间，这两篇中文写作保留了他特有的口语腔调，句子长而蜿蜒，并不追求精练，反而刻意保留思维的毛边。这既是风格，也是局限——有时读起来像是未经修整的初稿，但或许这正是"随感录"的本意。




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