WATERFALL > ISSUES > 2009 SUMMER | What's your function in life?
issue | Eat Me Up With Salt | Afra Lin
把自己加鹽吃掉
相當午夜12點，天黑的像打翻的墨魚汁，用來煮通心麵正好，她並不了解城堡的名字，有一陣子受傷嚴重的部位也痊癒了；並沒有曬到過度的陽光，她竟然開始脫皮，用極激烈的方式換掉自己的模樣，朋友們無從理解，她也不好說些什麼，只能看著自己從大拇指那個部位開始變得奇怪，為了不讓自己失去太多，她把脫下來的皮加鹽吃掉；時間一久覺得口味太平淡，她就買了些食譜想辦法變些花樣，又後來因為脫皮的過於嚴重，做出來的食物自己無法負荷，只好打了電話找了些朋友來一同分享，大家專注於她華麗的菜色，並沒有發現女人的樣貌已經有百分之八十都不同了，就這樣吸引了越來越多的親朋好友及不相識的人們，每天大排長龍就為了她煮的食物。
有一天她照了鏡子發現自己竟完全變成了他，也不再脫皮了，他才想起來那個他曾經愛過的男人，已經消失了好久；但是過一會兒他就徹底遺忘這件事，眼前最重要的是，以後，究竟該拿什麼東西來做菜呢？
Eat Me Up With Salt
It’s about twelve at midnight, it’s so dark like squid’s ink was all over the sky, and it is a perfect time to cook pasta. She didn’t know the name of this castle, her wound has healed from a serious accident a while ago. Although she didn’t get sunburn, she started to peel. The way she peeled changed the way she looked, her friends had no idea what’s going on, she couldn’t explain it either. She just looked herself altered from the beginning of left hand’s thumb. For not to waste what she’s lost, she cook the peeling skin with salt as her meal. As time went by, she thought it’s too bored with only salt, so she went shopping to buy some recipes to make deferent dishes. She peeled badly; she couldn’t finish the meals by herself, therefore she made some calls to her friends to share. The guests came for the delicate cuisine; the food was so delicious that they hadn’t noticed their hostess had been changed into almost a stranger. Day after day, people drove from faraway and got a long waiting line in front her door, just for a taste of her cuisine.
And then one day, she looked into the mirror, she found out that “she” already became “he” exactly. He no more peeled, then he recalled the one he loved before had disappeared long time ago. He didn’t let this thing bother him too long, the most important thing is, what should he take to cook after he had no longer peeling.
