泳池其實是一張慢轉的星圖，藍色碎光是密密的座標。那只橘色圈是唯一的行星，沿著光的裂縫緩緩巡航。傳聞它在等一個遲到的「撲通」——聲音一響，圈會自動對準入口，把夏天再打開一次。現在它只是安靜兜圈，把一個未完成的玩笑拋光得亮晶晶。

The pool is a star chart running on low speed, its blue shards a grid of coordinates. The orange ring is the lone planet, cruising along the cracks of light. Rumor says it waits for a belated splash—when it comes, the ring will line up with the gate and click summer open again. Until then it keeps looping, polishing an unfinished joke until it shines.