(单词翻译:单击)
Epiphany
Joanie Mackowski
A momentary1 rupture2(破裂) to the vision:
the wavering limbs of a birch(桦树) fashion
the fluttering hem3 of the deity4’s garment,
the cooling cup of coffee the ocean the deity(神)
waltzes across. This is enough—but sometimes
the deity’s heady ta-da coaxes5 the cherries
in our mental slot machine to line up, and
our brains summon flickering6 silver like
salmon7(鲑鱼) spawning8 a river; the jury decides
in our favor, and we’re free to see, for now.
A flaw swells9 from the facets10 of a day, increasing
the day’s value; a freakish(畸形的,奇特的) postage stamp mails
our envelope outside time; hairy, claw-like
magnolia buds bloom from bare branches;
and the deity pops up again like a girl from
a giant cake. O deity: you transfixing transgressor11(违背者,犯规者) ,
translating back and forth12 on the border
without a passport. Fleeing revolutions
of same-old simultaneous boredom13 and
boredom, we hoard14 epiphanies under the bed,
stuff them in jars and bury them in the backyard;
we cram15 our closet with sunrise; prop16 up our feet
and drink gallons of wow!; we visit the doctor
because all this is raising the blood’s levels of
C6H3(OH)2CHOHCH2NHCH3, the heart caught
in the deity’s hem and haw(支支吾吾) , the oh unfurling
from our chest like a bee from our cup of coffee,
an autochthonous greeting: there. Who saw it?
1 momentary | |
adj.片刻的,瞬息的;短暂的 | |
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2 rupture | |
n.破裂;(关系的)决裂;v.(使)破裂 | |
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3 hem | |
n.贴边,镶边;vt.缝贴边;(in)包围,限制 | |
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4 deity | |
n.神,神性;被奉若神明的人(或物) | |
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5 coaxes | |
v.哄,用好话劝说( coax的第三人称单数 );巧言骗取;哄劝,劝诱 | |
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6 flickering | |
adj.闪烁的,摇曳的,一闪一闪的 | |
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7 salmon | |
n.鲑,大马哈鱼,橙红色的 | |
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8 spawning | |
产卵 | |
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9 swells | |
增强( swell的第三人称单数 ); 肿胀; (使)凸出; 充满(激情) | |
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10 facets | |
n.(宝石或首饰的)小平面( facet的名词复数 );(事物的)面;方面 | |
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11 transgressor | |
n.违背者 | |
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12 forth | |
adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
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13 boredom | |
n.厌烦,厌倦,乏味,无聊 | |
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14 hoard | |
n./v.窖藏,贮存,囤积 | |
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15 cram | |
v.填塞,塞满,临时抱佛脚,为考试而学习 | |
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16 prop | |
vt.支撑;n.支柱,支撑物;支持者,靠山 | |
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