The Last Seven Things I Refused to Sign

The last seven things I refused to sign

1. A birthday card from the office. I had not worked there long
   enough to have an opinion about the recipient.
2. The guest book at the funeral. I had arrived late and did not
   want the date stamp to record that.
3. A petition about a fence on a street I no longer lived on.
4. The receipt for a delivery that was not for me. The driver had
   already turned to leave.
5. A clipboard held out by someone whose clipboard it was not.
6. The back of a photograph someone wanted me to keep, in case I
   forgot who was in it.
7. A cast, the white kind, on an eight-year-old's arm, when she
   offered the black marker first to me and I said let the other
   kids go first and by the time they were done she had fallen
   asleep.

我最近拒绝签名的七样东西

1. 办公室传来的生日贺卡。我在那儿工作的时间还不够长，
   对收卡的人谈不上有什么看法。
2. 葬礼的签到簿。我到迟了，不想让日期一栏把这记下来。
3. 一份请愿书，关于一条我已不再住的街上的栅栏。
4. 一件不是给我的快递的签收单。司机已经转身要走了。
5. 一块递过来的写字板，递的人并不是写字板的主人。
6. 一张照片的背面，有人要我留着这张照片，怕我忘了
   上面是谁。
7. 一副石膏，白色那种，打在一个八岁女孩的手臂上，她把
   黑色记号笔先递给我，我说让别的孩子先签，等他们都
   签完，她已经睡着了。