From "Jaywalking the Is": "First Dream"

时间：2007-06-11 07:01:27

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by Noah Eli Gordon

To say sleep works by accumulation is to disregard the

weather in my head.

It makes a genius of the pillow， an apt anthropomorphic

redundancy.

When the story stumbles into its fearless costume &

everyone at the edge of the woods is worried their waiting-

room bravado¹ won't open to anything but the same door on

the same house that seemed a little off in the morning，

every anecdote² has an empty object.

When your own name's written on the gate， negation³ is just

something we do.

What's redundant⁴ about the human personal？ The urge to cull⁵

an animal pronoun from a procession of wedding guests？

At least reductive absolutes rivet⁶ you somewhere closer to

the actual rainfall， adjudicating ultimatums⁷ or handling

the ounce of mulch it takes to cover any experience worth

There's nothing sharp about a knife in a movie.

doesn't it make you fearless & brave to say

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1 bravado
n.虚张声势，故作勇敢，逞能
参考例句：
Their behaviour was just sheer bravado. 他们的行为完全是虚张声势。 He flourished the weapon in an attempt at bravado. 他挥舞武器意在虚张声势。

2 anecdote
n.轶事，趣闻，短故事
参考例句：
He departed from the text to tell an anecdote.他偏离课文讲起了一则轶事。 It had never been more than a family anecdote.那不过是个家庭趣谈罢了。

3 negation
n.否定；否认
参考例句：
No reasonable negation can be offered.没有合理的反对意见可以提出。 The author boxed the compass of negation in his article.该作者在文章中依次探讨了各种反面的意见。

4 redundant
adj.多余的，过剩的；(食物)丰富的；被解雇的
参考例句：
There are too many redundant words in this book.这本书里多余的词太多。 Nearly all the redundant worker have been absorbed into other departments.几乎所有冗员，都已调往其他部门任职。

5 cull
v.拣选；剔除；n.拣出的东西；剔除
参考例句：
It is usually good practice to cull the poorest prior to field planting.通常在实践上的好方法是在出圃栽植前挑出最弱的苗木。 Laura was passing around photographs she'd culled from the albums at home.劳拉正在分发她从家里相册中挑选出的相片。

6 rivet
n.铆钉；vt.铆接，铆牢；集中(目光或注意力)
参考例句：
They were taught how to bore rivet holes in the sides of ships.有人教他们如何在船的舷侧钻铆孔。 The rivet heads are in good condition and without abrasion.铆钉钉头状况良好，并无过度磨损。

7 ultimatums
最后通牒( ultimatum的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Environmental groups in Nevada and the Midwest have issued similar ultimatums. 内华达和中西部的环保团体也发布了类似的最后通牒。 A proactive teacher doesn't deliver ultimatums. [先发制人式]师并不下最后通牒。

8 tactile
adj.触觉的，有触觉的，能触知的
参考例句：
Norris is an expert in the tactile and the tangible.诺里斯创作最精到之处便是，他描绘的人物使人看得见摸得着。 Tactile communication uses touch rather than sight or hearing.触觉交流，是用触摸感觉，而不是用看或听来感觉。