MY JACT'S 烹 飪 課

   很久以前,聽Stacey Kent 唱Breakfast on the Morning Tram,懵懵懂懂,只把cinnamon pancake, café au lait, scrambled eggs and ham, croissant and jam聽進去,咦,真有趣,到底在講甚麼啊?這首歌.老實說,我並不怎麼欣賞Kent的歌聲與這首歌曲,不過,後來把歌詞聽懂了,倒是很欣賞,不愧是文學大師,石黑一雄寫起歌詞來也是充滿寓意,平順通俗之中蘊含人生苦海:睡不著嗎?心痛嗎?寂寞嗎?來來來,別難過,跳上清晨的街車,好好吃頓早餐--咖啡,肉桂鬆餅,可頌,果醬,炒蛋,火腿.....,即便你是陌生人,在此也會賓至如歸,每個人都有過跟你相同的際遇…..

   原來,世上儘是可憐人.經歷過苦難的人特別能成為別人的祝福.那種同理與了解,無異最佳安慰,有如清晨街車,陽光滿溢,早點豐富,一趟街車早餐,讓人揮別陰霾,元氣滿滿迎向未來.而那些鮮美可口的餐點,全都是自助式的,你要吃多少拿多少,象徵的豈不是正面能量與思考?

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  其實,這首歌的內容,源自石黑的The Unconsoled.厚達五百多頁的小說,氣氛迷離氤氳魔幻,主題是夫妻親子間的糾葛,受傷的小孩長大了仍帶著傷,令人不忍卒睹.石黑就是石黑,魅力無窮,結尾出人意料,以早餐列車來隱喻人生的光明,一掃先前的陰霾,創意十足,毫無說教意味,他永遠能寫出最棒的結尾.以最誠摯的溫暖,安慰傷痛的人們:

”Listen,” he was saying, “everything always seems very bad at the time. But it all passes, nothing’s ever as bad as it looks. Do cheer up.”………….

“Look, why don’t you have some breakfast. Just have something to eat, like the rest of us. You’re bound to feel a little better then. Come on. Go and get something to eat.”

I filled my coffee cup almost to the brim. Then, holding it carefully in one hand, my generously laden plate in the other, I began making my way back to my seat.

   讀畢最後兩行,人生的重擔暫時卸下.讓我們盡情享受美好的當下.