I like it because it's a kind of image of the modern city that makes the modern city look like language, look like letters, look like a kind of scattered alphabet, a kind of babble.

我喜欢它是因为它呈现出了一幅现代城市的图画,使得城市看起来像语言一样，像字母一样，像打乱分散的字母表一样，像模糊不清的牙牙耳语。

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It's a kind of picture for me of the linguistic environment, if you will, of modern poetry.

对我来说，如果你愿意这样想的话，这就是现代诗歌语言环境的一幅图画。

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