Otherhood
D. A. Powell
I spent a long time preparing to be an other.
Evening classes at the church in the basement
with my partner (he wanted to be an other too)
panting on the floor. Breathe. Breathe.
We didn't fit in with the other others.
But we wanted to be others so we did
what the other experts told us. You'll be good
as others. Trust your natural othering instinct1.
My other instinct was to flee2. Somehow
I managed to be a good other, a model
other the others could point at and say
that's what an other should do. That's how
an other should be. I helped other others
other along the way. A kind of other support.
But I was never cut out to be an other.
That's the thing. I do not think other
well. Some others are just good at it.
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it to others, and let the others take charge.
Who do I look like anyway. Your other.
1 instinct
n.本能，直覺；生性，天性
參考例句：
We all have a strong survival instinct.每個人都有強(qiáng)烈的求生本能。 Birds learn to fly by instinct.鳥兒學(xué)飛是出于本能。
2 flee
vt.逃避，逃跑，逃走；vi.逃，消失
參考例句：
Why does she always flee any kind of responsibility?她為什么總是逃避責(zé)任？ He was lucky to flee the burning hotel.他很幸運(yùn)逃出了失火的旅館
