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Date Posted: 01:41:14 04/29/07 Sun
Author: 百目鳥
Subject: 1019. 爛

腐敗的來臨總是緩慢而難以察覺,但卻是命定且無法避免的。輝煌的古羅馬帝國如是,伴隨我數載的智慧齒亦如是。

今天我到牙醫診所拔掉那隻長在口腔深處,因為無法清理而蛀壞的智慧齒,腦海卻不住浮現出古羅馬的歷史:先後將迦太基和希臘化諸國併吞、鼎盛時期版圖幾乎包括當時所有已知世界的超級強國,其興盛的手段正是後來衰敗的原因:征服和奴隸制度。征服得來的龐大財富帶來虛榮和野心,而免費的勞動力則造成懶惰與倚賴。軍事勝利就像毒品,嚐過一次之後便會追求更多更大的下一次。直至沒有一處地方不被征服,直至沒有新的奴隸供應,古羅馬的經濟系統便如同再沒法找到新人加入的老鼠會般轟然崩潰。

(一陣骨肉分離的撕裂聲在耳內響起,早被世情麻木了的我感覺不到太大痛苦;直至醫生將焦黑的牙齒放到面前,我才聞到那股無庸置疑的腐敗的氣味。)

智慧齒之所以以智慧為名,大概是源於某種黑色幽默:人間的智慧最終都會因為罪性的必然而糜爛、潰掉。因此當落後野蠻但鬥志旺盛的哥德人兵臨羅馬城下時,淫逸慣了的羅馬軍隊根本無力抵抗,光榮的西面帝國輕易地被滅亡。

唯有隱隱的痛楚,和帶有淡淡血絲甜味的空洞感覺,仍在微腫的口腔內迴盪。

2007/04/28

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