Country Song

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Country Song (Memory of Rain)

Sofija Popovska

Eyes are difficult because they're teeth;

Sometimes rich and gleaming, gliding¹ through a gilded² feast,

Wrapped in violent red velvet³, and luxurious⁴ dead ends;

(But I love the) murky⁵, melancholic⁶, playing matted music, looking over barren fields—

Fields are difficult because they're hands

Knots and rivers laying over eyes.

Blue smell of rain and dirt—veins⁷ smell like the skies split open, like the road behind slipping into the past.

Fingertips smell like a promise—

Ten thousand graves sigh at once;

A bruise⁸ is a promised haunting.

"Come, just this once," I ask, disingenuously⁹. I mean "a thousand times."

Bruises¹⁰ disappear into the past and a promise draws near.

An open grave plays the memory of rain when handled gently. The earth smells like fingertips on eyelids—a homeland rough and transient.

Heathens love the rain like I love the shadow of your eyelashes over freckles¹¹ and undiscovered celestial¹² bodies.

The sky splits open and veins cascade¹³ down nostalgically.

The road behind disappears into bruised¹⁴ earth, into ten thousand graves. I come to you, bringing a memory of rain.

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1 gliding
v. 滑翔 adj. 滑动的
参考例句：
Swans went gliding past. 天鹅滑行而过。 The weather forecast has put a question mark against the chance of doing any gliding tomorrow. 天气预报对明天是否能举行滑翔表示怀疑。

2 gilded
a.镀金的，富有的
参考例句：
The golden light gilded the sea. 金色的阳光使大海如金子般闪闪发光。 "Friends, they are only gilded disks of lead!" "朋友们，这只不过是些镀金的铅饼！来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡

3 velvet
n.丝绒，天鹅绒；adj.丝绒制的，柔软的
参考例句：
This material feels like velvet.这料子摸起来像丝绒。 The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing.新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。

4 luxurious
adj.精美而昂贵的；豪华的
参考例句：
This is a luxurious car complete with air conditioning and telephone.这是一辆附有空调设备和电话的豪华轿车。 The rich man lives in luxurious surroundings.这位富人生活在奢侈的环境中。

5 murky
adj.黑暗的，朦胧的；adv.阴暗地，混浊地；n.阴暗；昏暗
参考例句：
She threw it into the river's murky depths.她把它扔进了混浊的河水深处。 She had a decidedly murky past.她的历史背景令人捉摸不透。

6 melancholic
忧郁症患者
参考例句：
A absurd tragedy accompany a melancholic song by the Tiger Lillies. 一出荒诞的悲剧，在泰戈莱利斯犹豫的歌声中缓缓上演。 I have never heard her sing a melancholic song. 我从来没有听她唱过忧伤的曲子。

7 veins
n.纹理；矿脉( vein的名词复数 )；静脉；叶脉；纹理
参考例句：
The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。来自《简明英汉词典》 I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的，感到很舒服。来自《简明英汉词典》

8 bruise
n.青肿，挫伤；伤痕；vt.打青；挫伤
参考例句：
The bruise was caused by a kick.这伤痕是脚踢的。 Jack fell down yesterday and got a big bruise on his face.杰克昨天摔了一跤，脸上摔出老大一块淤斑。

9 disingenuously
adv.不诚实地，不坦白地
参考例句：
Then, after telling the deputation to rise she continued, graciously and effectively, if disingenuously. 接着，她让跪着的代表团起来，以不那么诚恳，却是谦和，颇能打动人心的语气继续说道。来自辞典例句 Disingenuously, he asked leading questions abut his opponent's work. 他狡猾地问了一些有关他对手工作的关键性问题。来自互联网

10 bruises
n.瘀伤，伤痕，擦伤( bruise的名词复数 )
参考例句：
He was covered with bruises after falling off his bicycle. 他从自行车上摔了下来，摔得浑身伤痕。来自《简明英汉词典》 The pear had bruises of dark spots. 这个梨子有碰伤的黑斑。来自《简明英汉词典》

11 freckles
n.雀斑，斑点( freckle的名词复数 )
参考例句：
She had a wonderful clear skin with an attractive sprinkling of freckles. 她光滑的皮肤上有几处可爱的小雀斑。来自《简明英汉词典》 When she lies in the sun, her face gets covered in freckles. 她躺在阳光下时，脸上布满了斑点。来自《简明英汉词典》

12 celestial
adj.天体的；天上的
参考例句：
The rosy light yet beamed like a celestial dawn.玫瑰色的红光依然象天上的朝霞一样绚丽。 Gravity governs the motions of celestial bodies.万有引力控制着天体的运动。

13 cascade
n.小瀑布，喷流；层叠；vi.成瀑布落下
参考例句：
She watched the magnificent waterfall cascade down the mountainside.她看着壮观的瀑布从山坡上倾泻而下。 Her hair fell over her shoulders in a cascade of curls.她的卷发像瀑布一样垂在肩上。

14 bruised
[医]青肿的，瘀紫的
参考例句：
his bruised and bloodied nose 他沾满血的青肿的鼻子 She had slipped and badly bruised her face. 她滑了一跤，摔得鼻青脸肿。