Work

时间：2014-06-05 06:32:55

（单词翻译:单击）

Work
Ryan Teitman
 
 
Some mornings, the clouds 
 settle rooftop low, 
            holding us in place 
 like a specimen1 slide. 
 
I spend my days 
 wondering how a hammer 
            weighs the hand 
 that holds it, 
 
or how the starlings apron（围裙，停机坪） 
 the stoplights 
            at Alcatraz 
 and Adeline. 
 
A glassworker told me once 
 that she could tell 
            by the scars 
 who bandages their fingers 
 
and who kisses closed 
 the wounds. I don't 
            know how 
 my father woke 
 
hours before sunrise 
 each morning and worked 
            until long past sunset. 
 Sleep was a country 
 
to retire to, an Ecuador. 
 I live where the light is 
            thin, and clothes us 
 like linen2（亚麻布）. 
 
In the hills above town, 
 a black snake scrawls 
            across the path 
 like a signature. 
 
I still have countries 
 left to discover, and ballets 
            of work 
 for my hands to learn.

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1 specimen Xvtwm     
n.样本，标本
参考例句：
  • You'll need tweezers to hold up the specimen.你要用镊子来夹这标本。
  • This specimen is richly variegated in colour.这件标本上有很多颜色。
2 linen W3LyK     
n.亚麻布，亚麻线，亚麻制品；adj.亚麻布制的，亚麻的
参考例句：
  • The worker is starching the linen.这名工人正在给亚麻布上浆。
  • Fine linen and cotton fabrics were known as well as wool.精细的亚麻织品和棉织品像羊毛一样闻名遐迩。

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