打肉毒
把时间冻僵在
当现实的鱼尾纹未皱成前程的坎坷
当志向未溃烂成回忆的影子 ⠀
服抗生素
治愈红肿不堪的灵魂
消去嫉世愤俗的炎症
杀灭肉眼看不见
却无处自甘堕落的病菌
抗过敏药
能让人对讽刺不再过敏
能让欲望不再瘙痒
能让烦躁睡去
病了要吃药
有没有一种药
口服，心也服
用白紙做的小孩
《用白紙做的小孩》是伍政瑋首本诗集，也是这位诗人的「长成记」，记录了他2018至2022年的诗作，试将求学、毕业、工作与生活的日常熔炼成一行行的诗句。在变幻莫测的新时代里，诗人解析了他对于美丑、对错，个人与集体经验的各种矛盾，并从中成长的各种躁动不安里，以文字来抚慰与宽容。诗人内心的孩子，纯净如白纸，希望他能包容生命即将洒下的艳丽与灰黑。
The Child Made of White Paper
The Child Made of White Paper is Ng Zheng Wei's first collection of poems. It records the poet’s story growing up and features his poems from 2018 to 2022. Aspects of his study, graduation, and daily life are also infused into his poetry. In this unpredictable new era, the poet analyses the various contradictions about beauty and ugliness, right and wrong, personal and collective experiences, before using words to record and reconcile the restlessness he experienced growing up. The child in the poet's heart is as pure as white paper. He hopes that he will be able to tolerate the beauty and grey that life is about to shed.
作品节选 | Excerpt:《病了要吃药》
新文潮出版社 / TrendLit Publishing, 2022
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
伍政瑋
伍政瑋，一九九五年，生于新加坡。新加坡国立大学药剂系毕业，从事医疗工作，业余写诗。热爱在生活日常中寻找一点一滴的「药效」，进一步浓缩成一首诗。
Ng Zheng Wei
Ng Zheng Wei was born in Singapore in 1995. He graduated from NUS, majoring in Pharmacy, and is currently working in the healthcare industry. Ng is also a part-time poet and loves to search for “medical effects” that happen in his daily life before condensing them into a poem.
伍政瑋写作心得 | Short Notes with Ng Zheng Wei
在写作方面，“心眼”对于您意味着什么？
What does "Mata Hati | 心眼 | Eye of the Heart | மனக்கண் வழியே" mean to you in writing?
灵魂世界与现实生活的任意门。
A Dokodemo Door between the inner soul and the real world.
请分享您的写作习惯：手写还是打字？是否有好几份草稿、长时间的停顿或短暂的灵感泉涌?
What does your writing process look like? Do you type or write? Are there multiple drafts, long pauses, or sudden bursts of activity?
爆发性写作。通常在夜晚最宁静的时刻，或即将入梦的一刹那，灵感来袭，就会起床开灯写作。
Burst-style writing, usually during the quietest moments at night, or right before falling into deep sleep. If inspiration hits then, I would get up from bed, turn on the lights and start writing.
请形容一下您的写作空间。
What does your working space look like?
木桌安装了LED台灯，方便晚上阅读和写作。桌上备用电脑、原子笔、白纸
Wooden desk affixed with an overhead LED light strip for reading and writing at night. Laptop, pen and pieces of blank paper on standby.
请以不超过30个字向读者们推荐您的入围作品。
Make an elevator pitch for your shortlisted work in 30 words or less.
愿你黑色的伤疤与不完美，被疗愈在“白纸”的纯净与宽容之中。
May your darkened scars and imperfection be soothed by the untaintedness and openness of a piece of “white paper”.
请分享在创作入围作品当儿的一个关键时刻。
Could you share a pivotal moment as you were writing this work?
在写〈病了要吃药〉时，我发现把科学、医疗的知识融入诗里的乐趣。
When writing "Take Your Medicine", I discovered the joy of playing with scientific and medical knowledge in the form of poetry.
回顾入围作品的写作过程，您会给当时的自己一个什么建议？
If you could give one advice to yourself when you were writing this book, what would it be?
別只停留在内心的对话。让内心与外面的世界多点对话。
Don't just focus on the inner thoughts when writing. Let the inner thoughts have an open dialogue with the outside world.
