Apples

时间：2016-06-17 07:27:45

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Apples

Gillian Clarke

They fill with heat, dewfall, a night of rain.

In a week they have reddened, the seed gone black

in each star-heart. Soft thud of fruit

in the deepening heat of the day.

Out of the delicate petals¹ of secret skin

and that irreversible moment when the fruit set,

such a hard harvest, so cold and sharp on the tongue.

They look up from the grass, too many to save.

A lapful of windfalls with worms in their hearts,

under my thumb the pulse of original sin,

flesh going brown as the skin curls over my knife.

I drown them in water and wine, pushing them under,

then breathe apples simmering in sugar and spice,

fermenting under the tree in sacs of juice

so swollen² they'd burst under a wasp's foot.

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1 petals
n.花瓣( petal的名词复数 )
参考例句：
white petals tinged with blue 略带蓝色的白花瓣 The petals of many flowers expand in the sunshine. 许多花瓣在阳光下开放。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 swollen
adj.肿大的，水涨的；v.使变大，肿胀
参考例句：
Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着，她的双腿已经肿了。 A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她，她的手臂肿起来了。