Memorial

时间：2016-01-13 05:32:24

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Memorial
Dave Smith
 
 
Today on the 17th fairway I stepped over 
 the gutted1, dried out corpse, 
 not quite the length of my arm once, 
 now more papery shell than any 
 fish, and yet moccasin still. 
 The triangular2 head had been halved, 
 a six-iron maybe, swung without thought. 
 Twisting tongue gone into this grass 
 making for the pond maybe, 
 that was gone too, the way words go 
 when we open our mouth 
 and try to remember what we have done. 
 So little of it all really matters. 
 Sunlight poured down its free admiration, 
 a scale here and there gleamed 
 as if a nerve had been touched again, 
 so we stood off even as we bent3 our backs 
 to understand more. You know, don't 
 you, our brains were saying, they will bite 
 you even when they are dead? But 
 look how there was an eye, a beauty. 
 Braided and subtle was what covered 
 this rippling4, this surge to go over 
 to the side it couldn't see, 
 turning as the planet does, slow, sure. 
 Instant by instant it must have 
 blinked, tasted, filled itself with knowing 
 it would have to kill some things 
 to get where the future would be better. 
 Sometimes it would lie in the grass, 
 rain falling with its voice of approval, 
 but always the thump5 and rumble6. 
 Until the dark, and then endless sun 
 its body would hold like a scaled straw.

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1 gutted c134ad44a9236700645177c1ee9a895f     
adj.容易消化的v.毁坏（建筑物等）的内部( gut的过去式和过去分词 )；取出…的内脏
参考例句：
  • Disappointed? I was gutted! 失望？我是伤心透了！
  • The invaders gutted the historic building. 侵略者们将那幢历史上有名的建筑洗劫一空。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2 triangular 7m1wc     
adj.三角（形）的，三者间的
参考例句：
  • It's more or less triangular plot of land.这块地略成三角形。
  • One particular triangular relationship became the model of Simone's first novel.一段特殊的三角关系成了西蒙娜第一本小说的原型。
3 bent QQ8yD     
n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的
参考例句：
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
4 rippling b84b2d05914b2749622963c1ef058ed5     
起涟漪的，潺潺流水般声音的
参考例句：
  • I could see the dawn breeze rippling the shining water. 我能看见黎明的微风在波光粼粼的水面上吹出道道涟漪。
  • The pool rippling was caused by the waving of the reeds. 池塘里的潺潺声是芦苇摇动时引起的。
5 thump sq2yM     
v.重击，砰然地响；n.重击，重击声
参考例句：
  • The thief hit him a thump on the head.贼在他的头上重击一下。
  • The excitement made her heart thump.她兴奋得心怦怦地跳。
6 rumble PCXzd     
n.隆隆声；吵嚷；v.隆隆响；低沉地说
参考例句：
  • I hear the rumble of thunder in the distance.我听到远处雷声隆隆。
  • We could tell from the rumble of the thunder that rain was coming.我们根据雷的轰隆声可断定，天要下雨了。

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