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My cop and I did not speak.
我和逮捕我的警察并未交談
A woman officer in casual uniform, no gun,
一名穿著便服的女官員，沒帶槍
took my purse, hair clips, pink poncho, my earrings and put them in a plastic bag.
拿走了我的錢包，發夾，粉色斗篷，耳環，把它們裝進了塑料袋里
Ready for handcuffing I presented my hands, wrists together in front but my arresting officer signaled 'in back.'
做好了帶上手銬的準備，我伸出雙手，手腕貼在一起，但是逮捕我的警察示意把手背到后面去
I won't be able to write, to touch, to catch myself and will fall on my face.
我不能寫字，不能觸碰別人，抓不著自己，只能襲擊自己的臉
I turned about, held my arms behind me as high as I could bending way forward making my gesture large for the witnesses to see.
我轉過身去，胳膊盡可能高地背在身后，我彎著腰，讓目擊者能看到我的姿勢
Handcuffs in this age of new plastics work like the ties for bread and trees.
現代的新型塑料手銬感覺起來就像面包繩
My arrester could have tightened the cable tie so that it cut into the skin, the hands turned purple, burst.
逮捕我的警察可以拷得更緊些，勒住我的皮膚，手就會青一塊，紫一塊
These police were kind to tie us loosely.
這些警察很友好，拷得很松
Our belongings taken, pictures taken, handcuffed, we were made to get into a paddywagon, about eight per wagon.
我們的物品都被拿走了，拍了照片，帶著手銬，被迫進入一輛貨車——差不多有8輛四輪馬車那么大
There are cages like dog cages between the front seat and the side benches.
前座和側邊的長椅間還有狗籠一樣的籠子
I sat in the middle of a bench, my shoulders touching women's shoulders beside me, my legs touching women's legs before me.
我坐在長椅中間，肩膀和旁邊女人的肩摩擦著，雙腿蹭到前面女人的腿
Women outside pounded, drummed on the van.
外面的女人們猛敲著車，在車身上打著鼓
Through the windshield we could see them applauding us.
通過擋風玻璃我們能看到她們在為我們鼓掌
Somebody said 'there's my daughter.'
有人說"這是我的女兒"
