Good Pink. Bad Pink.

时间：2016-02-16 05:26:42

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Good Pink. Bad Pink.

Carol Potter

When the child in mid-tantrum tried riding her pink scooter

directly off the platform and onto the packed train at 28th

& Broadway, her un-brushed hair bunched up in the back, her pink

jacket open, limbs flailing¹, we pretended to not see. Next to me

a man was leafing through the Sotheby's catalogue. Out the corner

of my eye, I could see a Matisse I'd never seen before, then

Duchamp. The edges of the woman all in pieces. Cubed. Like the child

in front of me. Hair, hands, eyeballs askew². Civilization

in its tweed coat on my left. The paintings he was studying

but would not exactly share with me. I went back to minding

my own business but then mother took the scooter back from

mad daughter who started twisting and screaming again.

I thought of telling her she could get arrested. Sent to reform school.

Adopted out. Anything. Her older sister smiled at me beatifically,

as if to say, Look what I put up with. She'd been dissembling,

enjoying her sister's disintegration³. Someone else the bad one.

Which I never got from my sister, nor her from me. That public tantrum.

What we took apart we took apart quietly and in private.

Like that nude⁴ descending⁵ her staircase, one piece at a time; the steps

not looking like steps. Just odd blocks.

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1 flailing
v.鞭打( flail的现在分词 )；用连枷脱粒；（臂或腿）无法控制地乱动；扫雷坦克
参考例句：
He became moody and unreasonable, flailing out at Katherine at the slightest excuse. 他变得喜怒无常、不可理喻，为点鸡毛蒜皮的小事就殴打凯瑟琳。来自《简明英汉词典》 His arms were flailing in all directions. 他的手臂胡乱挥舞着。来自辞典例句

2 askew
adv.斜地；adj.歪斜的
参考例句：
His glasses had been knocked askew by the blow.他的眼镜一下子被打歪了。 Her hat was slightly askew.她的帽子戴得有点斜。

3 disintegration
n.分散，解体
参考例句：
This defeat led to the disintegration of the empire.这次战败道致了帝国的瓦解。 The incident has hastened the disintegration of the club.这一事件加速了该俱乐部的解体。

4 nude
adj.裸体的；n.裸体者，裸体艺术品
参考例句：
It's a painting of the Duchess of Alba in the nude.这是一幅阿尔巴公爵夫人的裸体肖像画。 She doesn't like nude swimming.她不喜欢裸泳。

5 descending
n. 下行 adj. 下降的
参考例句：
The results are expressed in descending numerical order . 结果按数字降序列出。 The climbers stopped to orient themselves before descending the mountain. 登山者先停下来确定所在的位置，然后再下山。