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Lovesong of the Square Root of Negative One

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Lovesong of the Square Root of Negative One

Richard Siken

l am the wind and the wind is invisible, all the leaves

tremble but I am invisible, bloom without flower, knot

without rope, song without throat in wingless flight, dark

boat in the dark night, pure velocity¹. As the hammer is

a hammer when it hits the nail, and the nail is a nail when

it meets the wood, and the invisible table begins to appear

out of mind, pure mind, out of nothing, pure thinking.

Through darkness, through silence, a vector, a violence,

I labor², I lumber³, I fumble⁴ forward through the valley as

winter, as water, I mist and frost, flexible and elastic⁶ to

the task. I am the hand that lifts the rock, I am the mind

that strings⁷ the worm and throws the line and feels the tug⁸,

the flex⁵ in the pole, and foot by foot I find the groove,

the trace in the thicket⁹, the key in the lock, as root breaks

rock, from seed to flower to fruit to rot, a holy pilgrim

moving through the stations of the yardstick¹⁰. I track,

I follow, I hinge and turn, frictionless¹¹ and efficient as an

equals sign. I flip¹² and fold, I superimpose, I become

location and you veer¹³ toward me, the eye to which you

are relative, magnetized for your revelation. Hook and bait,

polestar and checkmate, I am your arrival, there is no

refusal, we are here, you see, together, we are already here.

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1 velocity
n.速度，速率
参考例句：
Einstein's theory links energy with mass and velocity of light.爱因斯坦的理论把能量同质量和光速联系起来。 The velocity of light is about 300000 kilometres per second.光速约为每秒300000公里。

2 labor
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
参考例句：
We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。 He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

3 lumber
n.木材，木料；v.以破旧东西堆满；伐木；笨重移动
参考例句：
The truck was sent to carry lumber.卡车被派出去运木材。 They slapped together a cabin out of old lumber.他们利用旧木料草草地盖起了一间小屋。

4 fumble
vi.笨拙地用手摸、弄、接等，摸索
参考例句：
His awkwardness made him fumble with the key.由于尴尬不安，他拿钥匙开锁时显得笨手笨脚。 He fumbled his one-handed attempt to light his cigarette.他笨拙地想用一只手点燃香烟。

5 flex
n.皮线，花线；vt.弯曲或伸展
参考例句：
We wound off a couple of yards of wire for a new lamp flex.我们解开几码电线作为新的电灯花线。 He gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies.他收缩他的肱二头肌以吸引那些女士们的目光。

6 elastic
n.橡皮圈，松紧带；adj.有弹性的；灵活的
参考例句：
Rubber is an elastic material.橡胶是一种弹性材料。 These regulations are elastic.这些规定是有弹性的。

7 strings
n.弦
参考例句：
He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上，随意地拨着吉他的弦。 She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。

8 tug
v.用力拖(或拉)；苦干；n.拖；苦干；拖船
参考例句：
We need to tug the car round to the front.我们需要把那辆车拉到前面。 The tug is towing three barges.那只拖船正拖着三只驳船。

9 thicket
n.灌木丛，树林
参考例句：
A thicket makes good cover for animals to hide in.丛林是动物的良好隐蔽处。 We were now at the margin of the thicket.我们现在已经来到了丛林的边缘。

10 yardstick
n.计算标准，尺度；评价标准
参考例句：
This is a yardstick for measuring whether a person is really progressive.这是衡量一个人是否真正进步的标准。 She was a yardstick against which I could measure my achievements.她是一个我可以用来衡量我的成就的准绳。

11 frictionless
adj.没有摩擦力的
参考例句：
The suspension of the mirrors must be very frictionless, but strongly damped. 反射镜的悬挂既要无摩擦，但又要有强阻尼。 There is a frictionless hinge at C. C点是无摩擦铰。

12 flip
vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的
参考例句：
I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。 Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。

13 veer
vt.转向，顺时针转，改变；n.转向
参考例句：
He is unlikely to veer from his boss's strongly held views.他不可能背离他老板的强硬立场。 If you fall asleep while driving,you'll probably veer off the road.假如你开车时打瞌睡，可能会驶离道路。