The sisters of the broken candle

时间：2007-05-14 09:29:26

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by Eric Baus

covered every window in the house with x-rays of my bandaged eye.

"working backwards¹ from the sky" says she follows every fissure² until it's

time for the stiches to come out. When something falls you should pick it up.

"spilled sand and lamplight" has been my sister for a while now.

They say we are slivered³ glass. Fluttered numbers and milk.

Flickers⁴ sutured in skin.

They tried to convince me that half the word filament⁵ is night.

Every rattled⁶ out lightbulb means a brother's pillow is burning.

We all watch the clock. Eyes running out of aluminum⁷.

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1 backwards
adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地
参考例句：
He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。 All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

2 fissure
n.裂缝；裂伤
参考例句：
Though we all got out to examine the fissure,he remained in the car.我们纷纷下车察看那个大裂缝，他却呆在车上。 Ground fissure is the main geological disaster in Xi'an city construction.地裂缝是西安市主要的工程地质灾害问题。

3 slivered
使成薄片（sliver的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
The glass slivered when it fell. 玻璃杯掉在地上摔碎了。 When ready to serve, remove the sides from the pan and garnish with toasted slivered almonds. 等可以拿上桌子的时候，将蛋糕盘的边拿走，用烘烤过的切片杏仁装饰。

4 flickers
电影制片业；（通常指灯光）闪烁，摇曳( flicker的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The fire flickers low. 炉火颤动欲灭。 A strange idea flickers in my mind. 一种奇怪的思想又在我脑中燃烧了。

5 filament
n.细丝；长丝；灯丝
参考例句：
The source of electrons in an electron microscope is a heated filament.电子显微镜中的电子源，是一加热的灯丝。 The lack of air in the bulb prevents the filament from burning up.灯泡内缺乏空气就使灯丝不致烧掉。

6 rattled
慌乱的，恼火的
参考例句：
The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。 Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。

7 aluminum
n.(aluminium)铝
参考例句：
The aluminum sheets cannot be too much thicker than 0.04 inches.铝板厚度不能超过0.04英寸。 During the launch phase,it would ride in a protective aluminum shell.在发射阶段，它盛在一只保护的铝壳里。