Ode to the Defense Mechanism

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Ode to the Defense¹ Mechanism²

Ira Sadoff

Some of the deadpan³（面无表情的人） comes from the flatness,

the feigned⁴（假的） all-rightness, the sickening thrum of Kansas,

taking all day to drive through that treelessness.

Inside the hardness of the heart, the numbness

of the heart, there lay a smaller heart,

a splinter（碎片，微小的东西） in your finger, throbbing⁵ and pulsing

so you can see how alive you are. God

what a fenestration（开窗法） the heart is.

What strangers see is frontismatter.

An intro to the highlights as we see them.

All our old loves are still there,

impervious（不受影响的） and glass-enclosed. You can tap

on the glass and get a rise out of them

because into each life there must be

a ruler and a grid⁶, a little schadenfreude（幸灾乐祸）

so it won't be our hearts breaking.

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1 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。 The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 mechanism
n.机械装置；机构，结构
参考例句：
The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。 The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。

3 deadpan
n. 无表情的
参考例句：
Some people don't catch his deadpan humor,that makes it even funnier.有些人不能了解他那种无表情的幽默，因此更有趣。 She put the letter on the desk in front of me,her face deadpan,not a flicker of a smile.她把那封信放在我面前的桌子上，故意一脸严肃，没有一丝的笑容。

4 feigned
a.假装的，不真诚的
参考例句：
He feigned indifference to criticism of his work. 他假装毫不在意别人批评他的作品。 He accepted the invitation with feigned enthusiasm. 他假装热情地接受了邀请。

5 throbbing
a. 跳动的,悸动的
参考例句：
My heart is throbbing and I'm shaking. 我的心在猛烈跳动，身子在不住颤抖。 There was a throbbing in her temples. 她的太阳穴直跳。

6 grid
n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅
参考例句：
In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。 Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。