Fantasy/Sci-Fi

时间：2014-08-08 06:34:14

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Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Laura Kasischke
 
 
The broom closet to another planet. 
 The impending1（即将发生的） planetary disaster. 
 The children in their maniac（发狂的） 
 trances（恍惚，出神）. The rockets. 
 The neighbors. The 
 openmouthed spectators. The boy 
 
tumbling into the bottomless well. 
 There, the cornstalks（玉米秆）. The rooster 
 at the center of the earth. 
 And also on Mars. 
 Backward, the familiar landmarks2. 
 And the plain voice 
 which spoke3 your name 
 
in the middle of the night 
 on that long drive through Nebraska. 
 You just kept driving. What 
 
else could you do? Slow down? 
 
And your father who made you 
 by spilling his billion stars into the dark, while 
 crying out to your mother 
 as the sea washed her up on the shore 
 in the 1960s 
 with her long hair and her 
 vegetable recipes. And 
 
you, small package of meat and dream. 
 
And Beethoven, who lived 
 and died 
 deaf. Music. 
 Oblivion. 
 The kitten 
 
named Sally, alive 
 for an hour. Then 
 dead, forever. 
 
Dead forever. 
 Nowhere, the beginning. 
 Nowhere, the end. 
 Like ours, her eyes 
 never even opened. Like 
 her, do we 
 
have any idea 
 where we are? 
 Where we were? 
 Where we're going? 
 Even yesterday? 
 Even today.

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1 impending 3qHzdb     
a.imminent, about to come or happen
参考例句：
  • Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place. 即将发生饥荒之时，严重的战乱爆发了。
  • The king convoke parliament to cope with the impending danger. 国王召开国会以应付迫近眉睫的危险。
2 landmarks 746a744ae0fc201cc2f97ab777d21b8c     
n.陆标( landmark的名词复数 )；目标；（标志重要阶段的）里程碑 ~ (in sth)；有历史意义的建筑物（或遗址）
参考例句：
  • The book stands out as one of the notable landmarks in the progress of modern science. 这部著作是现代科学发展史上著名的里程碑之一。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The baby was one of the big landmarks in our relationship. 孩子的出世是我们俩关系中的一个重要转折点。 来自辞典例句
3 spoke XryyC     
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

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