Junior Soccer

时间：2014-02-13 01:53:10

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Junior Soccer
Andrew Frisardi
 
 
You'd think the ball was a germ（胚芽，细菌）, the kids 
 exuberant（繁茂的） antibodies swarming 
 to douse1 it with will, then finally 
 punish it toward the orange witch-hats goal. 
 
My friend's daughter doesn't want us to know 
 she's eager for us to watch her jostle（争夺，推挤） 
 her little body into the skirmish（小冲突）. 
 Her hair's an antenna2 for attention, 
 
but she never turns, having learned to hide 
 childish reliance on mom's esteem3. 
 She still can't grasp the rationale of rules 
 or which of the brawling4 feet are on her team. 
 
One boy, the coach's son, head-butts 
 the ball above a small astonished melee 
 of teammates contending with each other, 
 the younger kids intent on getting only 
 
some piece of themselves to touch it, 
 like tongues waiting to catch the first raindrop, 
 the older ones more focused, their faces 
 braced: balanced surfaces of water. 
 
The small girl who invited me here floats 
 to the sidelines, absentmindedly alone, 
 staring into the trees behind the school,
 before she remembers again we're watching.

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1 douse Dkdzf     
v.把…浸入水中，用水泼；n.泼洒
参考例句：
  • Men came with buckets of water and began to douse the flames.人们提来一桶桶水灭火。
  • He doused the flames with a fire extinguisher.他用灭火器把火焰扑灭。
2 antenna QwTzN     
n.触角，触须；天线
参考例句：
  • The workman fixed the antenna to the roof of the house.工人把天线固定在房顶上。
  • In our village, there is an antenna on every roof for receiving TV signals.在我们村里，每家房顶上都有天线接收电视信号。
3 esteem imhyZ     
n.尊敬，尊重；vt.尊重，敬重；把…看作
参考例句：
  • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
  • The veteran worker ranks high in public love and esteem.那位老工人深受大伙的爱戴。
4 brawling mx7z9U     
n.争吵，喧嚷
参考例句：
  • They were arrested for brawling in the street. 他们因在街上打斗而遭到拘捕。
  • The officers were brawling commands. 军官们大声地喊口令。

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