Invocation, and a Sort of Lullaby

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Invocation, and a Sort of Lullaby

Jonathan Weinert

Bills unpaid¹, and half the rent, the baby

Pleistocene with borrowed heat,

I sing. No one coaxes²（哄骗）

or demurs（异议，反对）. Empty fail the savage³ pines,

their stock of seed already spent.

Three finches（雀类） huddle⁴ in the planter.

Go to sleep, my little dinosaur,

with no accounts or credits. Sleep,

while sleep alone is due. Soon

a frozen blanket will be pulled,

and all the local rodents⁵ will descend⁶ --

a fall election, and the virgin⁷ birth

again. My little five-eighths Jew,

such doings mean as much to you

as Keno to a coelacanth. Sleep.

If I could strip my postures⁸ bare,

or stripe my knees to charm

obsequious（谄媚的） poetry, I'd sing

a wiser, more distinguished⁹ song.

My little mastodon, stay warm.

The agencies are everywhere, and cannot care.

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1 unpaid
adj.未付款的，无报酬的
参考例句：
Doctors work excessive unpaid overtime.医生过度加班却无报酬。 He's doing a month's unpaid work experience with an engineering firm.他正在一家工程公司无偿工作一个月以获得工作经验。

2 coaxes
v.哄，用好话劝说( coax的第三人称单数 )；巧言骗取；哄劝，劝诱
参考例句：
One coaxes, the other coerces. 一个唱红脸，一个唱白脸。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 Now the analyzer coaxes the virus into revealing itself. 现在的分析者们会诱使病毒显形。来自互联网

3 savage
adj.野蛮的；凶恶的，残暴的；n.未开化的人
参考例句：
The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。 He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。

4 huddle
vi.挤作一团；蜷缩；vt.聚集；n.挤在一起的人
参考例句：
They like living in a huddle.他们喜欢杂居在一起。 The cold wind made the boy huddle inside his coat.寒风使这个男孩卷缩在他的外衣里。

5 rodents
n.啮齿目动物( rodent的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Rodents carry diseases and are generally regarded as pests. 啮齿目动物传播疾病，常被当作害虫对待。来自《简明英汉词典》 Some wild rodents in Africa also harbor the virus. 在非洲，有些野生啮齿动物也是储毒者。来自辞典例句

6 descend
vt./vi.传下来，下来，下降
参考例句：
I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。 We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。

7 virgin
n.处女，未婚女子；adj.未经使用的；未经开发的
参考例句：
Have you ever been to a virgin forest?你去过原始森林吗？ There are vast expanses of virgin land in the remote regions.在边远地区有大片大片未开垦的土地。

8 postures
姿势( posture的名词复数 )；看法；态度；立场
参考例句：
Modern consciousness has this great need to explode its own postures. 现代意识很有这种摧毁本身姿态的需要。 They instinctively gathered themselves into more tidy postures. 她们本能地恢复了端庄的姿态。

9 distinguished
adj.卓越的，杰出的，著名的
参考例句：
Elephants are distinguished from other animals by their long noses.大象以其长长的鼻子显示出与其他动物的不同。 A banquet was given in honor of the distinguished guests.宴会是为了向贵宾们致敬而举行的。