The Art of Navigation

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The Art of Navigation

          He set black and white on fire. 
          -- Harry1 Gaugh on Franz Kline
 
 
The rugged2 brushstroke of the dying oak 
 is left standing3 for a week, limbless 
 
as the marriage we find ourselves 
 dismantling. Without leaves 
 
or branches to create perspective, 
 trunk and sky, shape and space, equilibrate（平衡，相称） 
 
in the same plane, a balance of black 
 on white, white on black, 
 
like the sketch4 Franz Kline enlarged, 
 in 1949, on a Bell-Optican projector, 
 
crosscut of a junk-shop wooden rocker 
 he loved to paint as much as he loved 
 
and painted his wife Elizabeth, Elizabeth 
 already lost then in her dark refrain. 
 
When he saw himself in a book 
 she gave him -- Nijinsky as Petrouchka --
 
Franz painted that face to its grave. Over 
 and again he laid the dancer down, poor 
 
swallowed soul, cheeks pinched（压紧的，痛苦的） hollow, 
 bent head pinioned5 by harlequined 
 
hatband, lidless eyes eyeing nothing 
 but his own foreshortened depths. 
 
Years of tracing, retracing6 steps 
 until the facts of the matter distilled 
 
to stark7 architecture, passionately 
 unconcerned with finish --
 
Elizabeth, Elizabeth --
 the same dark refrain（叠句，副歌） --
 
But today the tree crew returns 
 to finish the job. One shimmies 
 
up rope to test what's solid or void, and log 
 the byproduct for winter. Now he shouts 
 
he's found monarchs8, just a small clump 
 high on the bare trunk, resting up, 
 
absorbing the sun's heat: this time of year 
 they route their way by warmth --
 
Some paths depend on abstraction 
 (the blind foraging9 of sleeping backs 
 
until the spines10 meet, hinge into wings). 
 who knows how invisible lines 
 
line the visible better than an old 
 sight-gagged clown? So teach, you paint- 
 
and-pain-masked mime11. I can't find my way 
 any other way. Teach me to read maps 
 
in the cadmium and singe-veined flakes 
 of monarchs brush-fired and dispersed 
 
on a breeze, in the tree that 
 with the lightest of gestures, 
 
like a finger touched against flesh, 
 the chainsaw opens, ring after ring. 
  
 
          -- in memory of Larry Levis

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1 harry heBxS     
vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼
参考例句：
  • Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
  • Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。
2 rugged yXVxX     
adj.高低不平的，粗糙的，粗壮的，强健的
参考例句：
  • Football players must be rugged.足球运动员必须健壮。
  • The Rocky Mountains have rugged mountains and roads.落基山脉有崇山峻岭和崎岖不平的道路。
3 standing 2hCzgo     
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
4 sketch UEyyG     
n.草图；梗概；素描；v.素描；概述
参考例句：
  • My sister often goes into the country to sketch. 我姐姐常到乡间去写生。
  • I will send you a slight sketch of the house.我将给你寄去房屋的草图。
5 pinioned dd9a58e290bf8ac0174c770f05cc9e90     
v.抓住[捆住]（双臂）( pinion的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • His arms were pinioned to his sides. 他的双臂被绑在身体两侧。
  • Pinioned by the press of men around them, they were unable to move. 周围的人群挤压着他们，使他们动弹不得。 来自辞典例句
6 retracing d36cf1bfa5c6c6e4898c78b1644e9ef3     
v.折回( retrace的现在分词 )；回忆；回顾；追溯
参考例句：
  • We're retracing the route of a deep explorer mission. 我们将折回一个深入的探险路线中去。 来自电影对白
  • Retracing my steps was certainly not an option. 回顾我的脚步并不是个办法。 来自互联网
7 stark lGszd     
adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地
参考例句：
  • The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
  • He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。
8 monarchs aa0c84cc147684fb2cc83dc453b67686     
君主，帝王( monarch的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Monarchs ruled England for centuries. 世袭君主统治英格兰有许多世纪。
  • Serving six monarchs of his native Great Britain, he has served all men's freedom and dignity. 他在大不列颠本国为六位君王服务，也为全人类的自由和尊严服务。 来自演讲部分
9 foraging 6101d89c0b474e01becb6651ecd4f87f     
v.搜寻（食物），尤指动物觅（食）( forage的现在分词 )；（尤指用手）搜寻（东西）
参考例句：
  • They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps. 他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The campers went foraging for wood to make a fire. 露营者去搜寻柴木点火。 来自辞典例句
10 spines 2e4ba52a0d6dac6ce45c445e5386653c     
n.脊柱( spine的名词复数 )；脊椎；（动植物的）刺；书脊
参考例句：
  • Porcupines use their spines to protect themselves. 豪猪用身上的刺毛来自卫。
  • The cactus has spines. 仙人掌有刺。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
11 mime XDexd     
n.指手画脚，做手势，哑剧演员，哑剧；vi./vt.指手画脚的表演，用哑剧的形式表演
参考例句：
  • Several French mime artists will give some lectures this afternoon.几位法国哑剧表演艺术家将在今天下午做几场讲座。
  • I couldn't speak Chinese,but I showed in mime that I wanted a drink.我不会讲汉语，但我作摹拟动作表示要一杯饮料。

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