Baudelaire's Ablutions

时间：2007-05-23 06:48:58

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    by Roger Fanning

    Baudelaire， dead broke， nonetheless allowed himself

    two hours for his morning ablutions.

    （Warm water can be a narcotic1 too.）

    His razor scraping whiskers cleanly off

    sounded like a file rassrasping

    against prison bars. Never did this man

    gulp2 a cup of coffee， bolt out the door

    with a blob of shaving cream on one ear，

    and go to a job. He composed himself.

    Dead broke， he explored （in prose） six waterdrops

    that quake in a corner of Delacroix's painting

    Dante and Virgil！ Meanwhile， through his window

    intruded3 softly the spiel of a fishmonger

    as well as the stench. Many， many vendors4 still

    singsong their wares5， as a sort of wishwash drizzle6

    inducing human animals to mope， to yawn.

    We all get bored： between mainstream7 culture （buy things）

    and nature （in this case， rain）， people tend to snooze.

    Poetry jolts8 awake the lucky few. I praise

    the mirror-gazing mighty9 poet Baudelaire，

    my hero， a fop full of compulsions，

    a perfectionist to whom a single

    tweezered nosehair brought tears of joy.


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1 narcotic u6jzY     
n.麻醉药，镇静剂；adj.麻醉的，催眠的
参考例句：
  • Opium is classed under the head of narcotic.鸦片是归入麻醉剂一类的东西。
  • No medical worker is allowed to prescribe any narcotic drug for herself.医务人员不得为自己开处方使用麻醉药品。
2 gulp yQ0z6     
vt.吞咽，大口地吸（气）；vi.哽住；n.吞咽
参考例句：
  • She took down the tablets in one gulp.她把那些药片一口吞了下去。
  • Don't gulp your food,chew it before you swallow it.吃东西不要狼吞虎咽，要嚼碎了再咽下去。
3 intruded 8326c2a488b587779b620c459f2d3c7e     
n.侵入的，推进的v.侵入，侵扰，打扰( intrude的过去式和过去分词 )；把…强加于
参考例句：
  • One could believe that human creatures had never intruded there before. 你简直会以为那是从来没有人到过的地方。 来自辞典例句
  • The speaker intruded a thin smile into his seriousness. 演说人严肃的脸上掠过一丝笑影。 来自辞典例句
4 vendors 2bc28e228525b75e14c07dbc14850c34     
n.摊贩( vendor的名词复数 )；小贩；（房屋等的）卖主；卖方
参考例句：
  • The vendors were gazundered at the last minute. 卖主在最后一刻被要求降低房价。
  • At the same time, interface standards also benefIt'software vendors. 同时，界面标准也有利于软件开发商。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
5 wares 2eqzkk     
n. 货物, 商品
参考例句：
  • They sold their wares at half-price. 他们的货品是半价出售的。
  • The peddler was crying up his wares. 小贩极力夸耀自己的货物。
6 drizzle Mrdxn     
v.下毛毛雨；n.毛毛雨，蒙蒙细雨
参考例句：
  • The shower tailed off into a drizzle.阵雨越来越小，最后变成了毛毛雨。
  • Yesterday the radio forecast drizzle,and today it is indeed raining.昨天预报有小雨，今天果然下起来了。
7 mainstream AoCzh9     
n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的
参考例句：
  • Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
  • Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。
8 jolts 6b399bc85f7ace4b27412ec2740f286e     
（使）摇动， （使）震惊( jolt的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • He found that out when he got a few terrific jolts, but he wouldn't give up. 被狠狠地撞回来几次后，他发觉了这一点，但他决不因此罢休。
  • Some power bars are loaded with carbohydrates or caffeine for quick jolts. 有些能量条中包含大量的碳水化合物和咖啡因，以达到快速提神的效果。
9 mighty YDWxl     
adj.强有力的；巨大的
参考例句：
  • A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
  • The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。

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