A Month of Sundays

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A Month of Sundays
Kathleen Hellen
 
 
In the exaggerated light of perigee 
 I pitter-patter to the bus stop in my flip-flops. 
 The minute lengthening1 like a fenced-in shadow on 
 a lit-up field ... the diamond sparkling, the trees like silent sentries 
 I can count on when a truck comes up, its headlights ducking between 
 houses with their lights on, lighting2 up the boys in gangs of three 
 who toss the football, a joke or two. I speak their language with a nod up, 
 the way it ought to be, never down, never chin tucked under. 
 We do it right tonight. No forgeries3. No rock and dust in samples 
 auctioned off. The moon's a base ... or so it seemed ... when was it? 
 years ago ... a man walked on the chalked and cratered4 surface of TV 
 and seized the flicker5 of the future, like a baseball thrown and stuck 
 in some belief. A flag planted, light-yeared on what's noble. 
 Michael Jackson's Walk not jive hallucination. 
 I follow in the footprints, in orange imitation 
 of a streetlight. I give all my hopes to seas 
 of cold serenity6, The Man in Cheese 
 or to a rabbit rice-cake-making. 
 I take the bus to somewhere on 
 the near side of the pie.

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1 lengthening c18724c879afa98537e13552d14a5b53     
（时间或空间）延长，伸长( lengthen的现在分词 )； 加长
参考例句：
  • The evening shadows were lengthening. 残阳下的影子越拉越长。
  • The shadows are lengthening for me. 我的影子越来越长了。 来自演讲部分
2 lighting CpszPL     
n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光
参考例句：
  • The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
  • The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
3 forgeries ccf3756c474249ecf8bd23166b7aaaf1     
伪造( forgery的名词复数 )； 伪造的文件、签名等
参考例句：
  • The whole sky was filled with forgeries of the brain. 整个天空充满了头脑里臆造出来的膺品。
  • On inspection, the notes proved to be forgeries. 经过检查，那些钞票证明是伪造的。
4 cratered f3774327dd107353b75750c68f1e81c7     
adj.有坑洞的，多坑的v.火山口( crater的过去分词 )；弹坑等
参考例句：
  • The surface cratered with the constant dropping of water. 表面因经常滴水而成坑。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • Artillery cratered the roads. 炮击后大路布满了弹坑。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5 flicker Gjxxb     
vi./n.闪烁，摇曳，闪现
参考例句：
  • There was a flicker of lights coming from the abandoned house.这所废弃的房屋中有灯光闪烁。
  • At first,the flame may be a small flicker,barely shining.开始时，光辉可能是微弱地忽隐忽现，几乎并不灿烂。
6 serenity fEzzz     
n.宁静，沉着，晴朗
参考例句：
  • Her face,though sad,still evoked a feeling of serenity.她的脸色虽然悲伤，但仍使人感觉安详。
  • She escaped to the comparative serenity of the kitchen.她逃到相对安静的厨房里。

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