The Mind Is Its Own Place
Ann Townsend
Mated and unmated,
starlings swarm1 the willow2
with their devotions
until the tree roils
and sways, wing-beats
sounding the torrent
through which they swim.
Dopamine, paroxetine,
an injection of adrenaline
into the bloodstream:
these deliver the dissident
fuel I crave3 for the mind's
pleasure, and for its pain.
Call it one song indispensable
to trouble the branching
arteries4. The willow divinates
toward water, switching
in the breeze; it grazes
the edge but cannot
rest there. My fingertips
pressed against my temples:
ten points of sensation,
a vaulted5 cage where
starlings congregate
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to rustle6 their chaos,
their alphabet blown to bits
in the wind's rush.
Yes, you heard me.
Like an aviary7, Plato said,
the mind is full of birds.
1 swarm
n.(昆蟲)等一大群；vi.成群飛舞；蜂擁而入
參考例句：
There is a swarm of bees in the tree.這樹上有一窩蜜蜂。 A swarm of ants are moving busily.一群螞蟻正在忙碌地搬家。
2 willow
n.柳樹
參考例句：
The river was sparsely lined with willow trees.河邊疏疏落落有幾棵柳樹。 The willow's shadow falls on the lake.垂柳的影子倒映在湖面上。 <a hrEf=http://www.zequeka.cn/miniform.html>提分快的蘇州初中作文閱讀培訓(xùn)</a>
3 crave
vt.渴望得到，迫切需要，懇求，請求
參考例句：
Many young children crave attention.許多小孩子渴望得到關(guān)心。 You may be craving for some fresh air.你可能很想呼吸呼吸新鮮空氣。
4 arteries
n.動(dòng)脈( artery的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )；干線，要道
參考例句：
Even grafting new blood vessels in place of the diseased coronary arteries has been tried. 甚至移植新血管代替不健康的冠狀動(dòng)脈的方法 都已經(jīng)試過。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》 This is the place where the three main arteries of West London traffic met. 這就是倫敦西部三條主要交通干線的交匯處。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》 <a hRef=http://www.zequeka.cn/miNifoRm.Html>蘇州初中語文補(bǔ)習(xí)</a>
5 vaulted
adj.拱狀的
參考例句：
She vaulted over the gate and ran up the path. 她用手一撐躍過柵欄門沿著小路跑去。 The formal living room has a fireplace and vaulted ceilings. 正式的客廳有一個(gè)壁爐和拱形天花板。
6 rustle
v.沙沙作響；偷盜(牛、馬等)；n.沙沙聲聲
參考例句：
She heard a rustle in the bushes.她聽到灌木叢中一陣沙沙聲。 He heard a rustle of leaves in the breeze.他聽到樹葉在微風(fēng)中發(fā)出的沙沙聲。
7 aviary
n.大鳥籠，鳥舍
參考例句：
There are many different kinds of birds in the aviary.大鳥籠里有很多不同種類的鳥。 There was also an aviary full of rare birds.那里面還有裝滿稀有鳥類的鳥舍。
《The Mind Is Its Own Place》添加時(shí)間：2024-12-14；更新時(shí)間：2025-03-09
