The Fatal Skin

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The Fatal Skin
Peter Unwin
 
 
I tried it once, I did, I threw the kids 
 Into the trunk of the car and did 
 What mothers do in the news. 
 Straight into the lake I went 
 With the kids in the trunk 
 And a copy of Balzac's 
The Fatal Skin on the car seat 
 Beside me. In retrospect 
 I should have done it the other way 
 Around, the kids beside me 
 And Balzac in the trunk 
 But there is something about 
 A water-damaged book 
 That depresses me beyond belief. 
 In the end it didn't matter because 
 At the last minute I swerved 
 From the precipitous precipice 
 And went to the Dairy Queen instead 
 Where the kids had a pralines and cream 
 Milkshake and I sat on a picnic table 
 Reading Balzac and experiencing 
 What he calls an almost 
 Feminine yearning1 for 
 Oriental languor2.

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1 yearning hezzPJ     
a.渴望的；向往的；怀念的
参考例句：
  • a yearning for a quiet life 对宁静生活的向往
  • He felt a great yearning after his old job. 他对过去的工作有一种强烈的渴想。
2 languor V3wyb     
n.无精力，倦怠
参考例句：
  • It was hot,yet with a sweet languor about it.天气是炎热的，然而却有一种惬意的懒洋洋的感觉。
  • She,in her languor,had not troubled to eat much.她懒懒的，没吃多少东西。

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