The Dinner Pail

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The Dinner Pail

Robert Gibb

Photo courtesy of Steve Simko

Less lunchbox than mess kit1,
What with that fitted lidAnd handle, the canister set inside it,
Cap threaded tight—All got toted off to work in the mills,
The pail as much a stapleAs the bread and tea and leftover2 meats:
Meals unpacked3 like job lots.At the end of the shift
It went back on the shelfTill the next day, a soon-to-be vestige4
Of the Industrial Age.Catalogued here,
The metal’s sheen is gelatin silver,Its tin stamped and banded
Like a galvanized can.I brown-bagged my meals,
Years later, to the 100-inch mill,Though there were days when
My hours by the ovensFlayed me with such heat
I wondered how anyone could eat.



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1 kit D2Rxp     
n.用具包,成套工具;随身携带物
参考例句:
  • The kit consisted of about twenty cosmetic items.整套工具包括大约20种化妆用品。
  • The captain wants to inspect your kit.船长想检查你的行装。
2 leftover V97zC     
n.剩货,残留物,剩饭;adj.残余的
参考例句:
  • These narrow roads are a leftover from the days of horse-drawn carriages.这些小道是从马车时代沿用下来的。
  • Wonder if that bakery lets us take leftover home.不知道那家糕饼店会不会让我们把卖剩的带回家。
3 unpacked 78a068b187a564f21b93e72acffcebc3     
v.从(包裹等)中取出(所装的东西),打开行李取出( unpack的过去式和过去分词 );拆包;解除…的负担;吐露(心事等)
参考例句:
  • I unpacked my bags as soon as I arrived. 我一到达就打开行李,整理衣物。
  • Our guide unpacked a picnic of ham sandwiches and offered us tea. 我们的导游打开装着火腿三明治的野餐盒,并给我们倒了些茶水。 来自辞典例句
4 vestige 3LNzg     
n.痕迹,遗迹,残余
参考例句:
  • Some upright stones in wild places are the vestige of ancient religions.荒原上一些直立的石块是古老宗教的遗迹。
  • Every vestige has been swept away.一切痕迹都被一扫而光。

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