《墙内》作者：孟伟
我原以为，坐标定于
认知垂直极限的墙体顶端，
视野绝佳。
我错了。
绝对的黑暗，从不在视程之内，
而在于墙体的裂缝之中。
可以暂忘垂直熵增，
暂忘电磁静默的热寂，
暂忘那名为想象的牢笼。
最大的囚笼，从不悬于远处。
它就在鼻息之间，
在那些衣冠楚楚的、吃人的聚会里，
藏着逻辑之外的秘密。
那，才是想象力最终的刑具。
文明，身披一袭华美的礼服，
风度翩翩。
而衬里，或许正用
人体的脂膏作润肤的霜，
用温热的血浆作养颜的露。
文明，是一枚优盘。
是系统崩溃前，仓促的备份。
是对“格式化”终极威胁，
一份绝望的、自我安慰的急救预案。
文明，才是那最后的、握有所有备份的元系统。
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我按下保存键。
而我此刻这冰冷的指控，
也不过是这枚优盘内，
一段刚刚写入的、
用于系统自洽与危机缓冲的
—— 自我辩解日志。
English version:
Inside the Wall
by Mengwei
I thought, positioned
atop the wall of the vertical limit of cognition,
the view would be perfect.
I was wrong.
Absolute darkness is never within sight,
but in the cracks of the wall itself.
One might briefly forget vertical entropy,
forget the silent heat-death of electromagnetism,
forget the prison named imagination.
The greatest cage is never suspended in the distance.
It lies between breaths,
in those genteel, cannibalistic gatherings,
hiding secrets beyond logic.
That is the ultimate instrument of torture for imagination.
Civilization, draped in a magnificent gown,
graceful and poised.
Yet its lining, perhaps, uses
Human grease as moisturizing cream,
warm blood plasma as nourishing dew.
Civilization is a USB drive.
A hasty backup before the system crashes.
A desperate, self-soothing emergency preparedness
against the ultimate threat of "formatting."
Civilization is the final meta-system,
holding all backups.
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I press the save key.
And this cold accusation of mine,
is merely a section within this USB drive,
a freshly written,
self-justifying log entry
for system self-consistency and crisis buffering.