Demeter Speaks After a Long Silence

时间：2013-12-19 06:20:31

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Demeter Speaks After a Long Silence
Rosemary Catacalos
 
 
Who are you, gardener? 
 You dig deeply into me, 
 into the dark home of the old 
 woman who is a childless worm, 
 an imperfect memory of grace. 
 She recollects1 everything when you 
 touch her, grows wings and rises 
 away from me at last. 
 You turn the earth of so many 
 graves: the miller2, the bellmaker, 
 the Mayan who became a doctor, 
 the many women with fans. 
 You expose their roots to an air 
 suddenly made safe for the past, 
 freeing centuries of vultures（秃鹰） 
 that have been tied like 
 kites to buried rooftops. 
 You accomplish all this 
 without violence. 
 The blood you bring out of me 
 is sweet, guileless, ready, 
 laid open to the sky 
 with amazing ease. 
 I who have been angry for so long. 
 I who have been the barren rock, 
 the sand sucked dry by cactus, 
 the wet rot of jungle floors, 
 the hardened history of continents. 
 Under your hand I am again 
 the simplest of soils, 
 clean, accepting of seed, 
 throwing up roses that are 
 thornless and unashamed. 
 Who are you, gardener? 
 How long and where have you 
 wandered to bring me these words 
 I had almost forgotten, 
 this life that had almost stopped.

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1 recollects b07cd25cb0f69ce2f4147cbfbf001a1d     
v.记起，想起( recollect的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
  • All are recollects, all are felt, all only not once putting behind. 一切只是回忆，一切只是感觉，一切只是卜曾的忘却。 来自互联网
  • Recollects hardware information on this computer. 重新收集关于这台计算机的硬件信息。 来自互联网
2 miller ZD6xf     
n.磨坊主
参考例句：
  • Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
  • The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

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