Five Tankas

时间：2013-11-07 05:32:04

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Five Tankas

Harryette Mullen

Walking along the green path with buds

in my ears, too engrossed¹ in（埋头于，热衷于） the morning news

to listen to the stillness of the garden.

Don't need picket² fences（尖桩篱栅）, brick wall,

or razor wire. Our home's protected by

prickly pear cactus³（仙人掌） and thorny⁴ bougainvillea（叶子花属）.

My reckless shadow, landing on the twelve-lane

freeway down below this pedestrian bridge,

playing chicken with oncoming cars.

Clicking through images downloaded

from your camera. Those buskers（街头艺人） haven't finished

playing, and already they're in your archive.

In a few billion years Andromeda Galaxy

will collide with our Milky⁵ Way, but worlds

come to an end every day.

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1 engrossed
adj.全神贯注的
参考例句：
The student is engrossed in his book.这名学生正在专心致志地看书。 No one had ever been quite so engrossed in an evening paper.没人会对一份晚报如此全神贯注。

2 picket
n.纠察队；警戒哨；v.设置纠察线；布置警卫
参考例句：
They marched to the factory and formed a picket.他们向工厂前进,并组成了纠察队。 Some of the union members did not want to picket.工会的一些会员不想担任罢工纠察员。

3 cactus
n.仙人掌
参考例句：
It was the first year that the cactus had produced flowers.这是这棵仙人掌第一年开花。 The giant cactus is the vegetable skycraper.高大的仙人掌是植物界巨人。

4 thorny
adj.多刺的，棘手的
参考例句：
The young captain is pondering over a thorny problem.年轻的上尉正在思考一个棘手的问题。 The boys argued over the thorny points in the lesson.孩子们辩论功课中的难点。

5 milky
adj.牛奶的，多奶的；乳白色的
参考例句：
Alexander always has milky coffee at lunchtime.亚历山大总是在午餐时喝掺奶的咖啡。 I like a hot milky drink at bedtime.我喜欢睡前喝杯热奶饮料。