Scrapbook
Kim Addonizio
This is me, depressed1 out of my mind,
frailing the banjo, spilling red wine
on the white
king-sized
luckily-hotel's-and-not-my-
goose down comforter, this is me
walking and waxing nostalgic through the girlish shadows
of tall palm trees, the déjà vus
flying through the scene
suddenly, like those three
unnameable and therefore beautiful white birds.
This is me as a slowly-tearing-itself-apart cloud
and marveling
at a fire palely and flamily
emerging from a bowl, wavering
up through stones of cobalt glass. The air
wavers back. This is me in love
with the beauty of blue glass in flames, this is me on drugs
prescribed by my doctor
as I try once more <a hrEf=http://www.zequeka.cn/MinifOrm.html>蘇州閱讀寫作培訓(xùn)班</a>
to sneak2 into night's closely guarded city,
my hollow horse ready
to wreak3 my demons4 and Blue Morphos
on the citizens of my sleep. I am most
myself when flashing rapidly
my iridescent5 wings, drinking
the juice of fallen fruit. Then again
look for me under your bed
where the ugly premodern vampires
still hide. The undead and I are lying
in wait. We are very interested in you
though this is still me. We are unstable6 and true.
We believe in the one-ton rose
and the displaced toilet equally. Our blues
assume you understand
not much, and try to be alive, just as we do,
and that it may be helpful to hold the hand
of someone as lost as you.
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1 depressed
adj.沮喪的，抑郁的，不景氣的，蕭條的
參考例句：
When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮喪時就感到完全脫離了現(xiàn)實(shí)。 His mother was depressed by the sad news.這個壞消息使他的母親意志消沉。
2 sneak
vt.潛行(隱藏,填石縫)；偷偷摸摸做；n.潛行；adj.暗中進(jìn)行
參考例句：
He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起長矛悄悄地前進(jìn)。 I saw him sneak away from us.我看見他悄悄地從我們身邊走開。
3 wreak
v.發(fā)泄；報復(fù)
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參考例句：
She had a burning desire to wreak revenge.她復(fù)仇心切。 Timid people always wreak their peevishness on the gentle.怯懦的人總是把滿腹牢騷向溫和的人發(fā)泄。
4 demons
n.惡人( demon的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；惡魔；精力過人的人；邪念
參考例句：
demons torturing the sinners in Hell 地獄里折磨罪人的魔鬼 He is plagued by demons which go back to his traumatic childhood. 他為心魔所困擾，那可追溯至他飽受創(chuàng)傷的童年。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5 iridescent
adj.彩虹色的，閃色的
參考例句：
The iridescent bubbles were beautiful.這些閃著彩虹般顏色的大氣泡很美。 Male peacocks display their iridescent feathers for prospective female mates.雄性孔雀為了吸引雌性伴侶而展現(xiàn)了他們彩虹色的羽毛。
6 unstable
adj.不穩(wěn)定的，易變的
參考例句：
This bookcase is too unstable to hold so many books.這書櫥很不結(jié)實(shí)，裝不了這么多書。 The patient's condition was unstable.那患者的病情不穩(wěn)定。
《Scrapbook》添加時間：2024-12-14；更新時間：2025-03-09
