The Interrogation

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The Interrogation
Amit Majmudar
 
 
When they leathered his arm to the armrest and began 
 like manicurists in a nail salon 
 he says that he "retreated" from his hand 
 until the part of him that dwelt there once was gone 
 and heard no news from his own outer reaches. 
 In his memoir1 of those years, he sketches 
 the tricks he used, one of which was "vision." 
 Maybe it's better we present his version: 
 "I imagined my arm as a slope I had to scale, 
 shaft of the humerus as smooth as shale 
 but white like bone and giving way like sand 
 wherever I set foot. I couldn't stand, 
 couldn't take a breather, or I'd ride my own 
 disintegration down and end up on 
 the shore -- which was my hand, my fingernails. 
 I crested2 my shoulder, rested on its knoll3. 
 I looked down then and saw the pain as men 
 charging uphill to where I hid my sense 
 of pain. At once I stomped4 a foot to see 
 the whole arm crack, calve, crash into the sea, 
 disarticulated, part of me no more. 
 I did this for the other arm and for 
 my feet and testicles and eyes until 
 I found myself on a Pacific atoll 
 that had no latitude5, no longitude6. 
 I built a hut, I scuttled7 the one canoe. 
 I saw a sun that weighed a kiloton 
 and the power cord by which it swung."

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1 memoir O7Hz7     
n.[pl.]回忆录，自传；记事录
参考例句：
  • He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.他刚刚出了一本传记来纪念他的队长。
  • In her memoir,the actress wrote about the bittersweet memories of her first love.在那个女演员的自传中，她写到了自己苦乐掺半的初恋。
2 crested aca774eb5cc925a956aec268641b354f     
adj.有顶饰的，有纹章的，有冠毛的v.到达山顶（或浪峰）( crest的过去式和过去分词 )；到达洪峰，达到顶点
参考例句：
  • a great crested grebe 凤头??
  • The stately mansion crested the hill. 庄严的大厦位于山顶。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3 knoll X3nyd     
n.小山，小丘
参考例句：
  • Silver had terrible hard work getting up the knoll.对于希尔弗来说，爬上那小山丘真不是件容易事。
  • He crawled up a small knoll and surveyed the prospect.他慢腾腾地登上一个小丘，看了看周围的地形。
4 stomped 0884b29fb612cae5a9e4eb0d1a257b4a     
v.跺脚，践踏，重踏( stomp的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • She stomped angrily out of the office. 她怒气冲冲，重步走出办公室。
  • She slammed the door and stomped (off) out of the house. 她砰的一声关上了门，暮暮地走出了屋了。 来自辞典例句
5 latitude i23xV     
n.纬度，行动或言论的自由(范围)，(pl.)地区
参考例句：
  • The latitude of the island is 20 degrees south.该岛的纬度是南纬20度。
  • The two cities are at approximately the same latitude.这两个城市差不多位于同一纬度上。
6 longitude o0ZxR     
n.经线，经度
参考例句：
  • The city is at longitude 21°east.这个城市位于东经21度。
  • He noted the latitude and longitude,then made a mark on the admiralty chart.他记下纬度和经度，然后在航海图上做了个标记。
7 scuttled f5d33c8cedd0ebe9ef7a35f17a1cff7e     
v.使船沉没( scuttle的过去式和过去分词 )；快跑，急走
参考例句：
  • She scuttled off when she heard the sound of his voice. 听到他的说话声，她赶紧跑开了。
  • The thief scuttled off when he saw the policeman. 小偷看见警察来了便急忙跑掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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