The Halo

时间：2016-04-05 07:41:25

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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 rC1xE     
adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过
参考例句：
  • That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
  • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
2 momentum DjZy8     
n.动力，冲力，势头；动量
参考例句：
  • We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
  • The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。
3 locust m8Dzk     
n.蝗虫；洋槐，刺槐
参考例句：
  • A locust is a kind of destructive insect.蝗虫是一种害虫。
  • This illustration shows a vertical section through the locust.本图所示为蝗虫的纵剖面。
4 ravenous IAzz8     
adj.极饿的，贪婪的
参考例句：
  • The ravenous children ate everything on the table.饿极了的孩子把桌上所有东西吃掉了。
  • Most infants have a ravenous appetite.大多数婴儿胃口极好。

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