The Halo
C. Dale Young
In the paintings left to us
by the Old Masters, the halo,
a smallish cloud of light, clung
to the head, carefully framed the faces
of mere1 mortals made divine.
Accident? My body launched
by a car's incalculable momentum2?
It ended up outside the car. I had no idea then
what it was like to lose days, to wake
and find everything had changed.
Through glass, this body went
through the glass window, the seatbelt
snapping my neck. Not the hanged man,
not a man made divine but more human.
I remember those pins buried in my skull,
the cold metal frame surrounding my head,
metal reflecting a small fire, a glow. All
was changed. In that bed, I was a locust3.
I was starving. And how could I not be?
I, I . . . I am still ravenous4.
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1 mere
adj.純粹的；僅僅，只不過
參考例句：
That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不過是重復(fù)了你以前講的話。 It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去純粹是浪費(fèi)時(shí)間。
2 momentum
n.動(dòng)力，沖力，勢(shì)頭；動(dòng)量
參考例句：
We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我們就是這樣利用能量和動(dòng)量守恒定律的。 The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.動(dòng)量守恒定律可以取代牛頓第三定律。
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3 locust
n.蝗蟲；洋槐，刺槐
參考例句：
A locust is a kind of destructive insect.蝗蟲是一種害蟲。 This illustration shows a vertical section through the locust.本圖所示為蝗蟲的縱剖面。
4 ravenous
adj.極餓的，貪婪的
參考例句：
The ravenous children ate everything on the table.餓極了的孩子把桌上所有東西吃掉了。 Most infants have a ravenous appetite.大多數(shù)嬰兒胃口極好。
《The Halo》添加時(shí)間：2024-12-14；更新時(shí)間：2025-03-09
