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Landlocked

Alan Feldman

What am I doing, trudging¹ around Natick, Massachusetts,

so archetypal（原型的） in its split-level, clapboard（护墙板） ordinariness,

one house after another like a crowd gathered haphazardly

at an accident site? And why explore the deafening

blandness of the little streets with fenced-in yards,

where day after day -- iPod loaded with arias² --

Ti prego, rubami il cuore! -- I wheel the baby, who will not quiet

unless she's rolling along through a landscape, however dull,

a child who will grow up some day with the sole ambition

of leaving home. And why keep pretending

the sunlight gives the brick walls a ruddy, Hopper-esque gravitas? --

It's a dullness that approaches yoga, a meditation,

a boredom³ so exquisite⁴ it's like nonbeing,

from which even the faint fanfare⁵ of cobalt blue shutters

can't wake me -- sleep-laden, like a boat covered with a tarp --

though here I am, navigating⁶ the seismic⁷ faults of the sidewalk

with the side-tracked stroller, in a pebble-strewn jiggling

the baby seems to need for her peace. Ah, this do-nothing

self-abnegation of walking the streets of Natick, Massachusetts,

and its neighborhoods -- as if life has hardly emerged yet from sleep,

that first sleep, and -- like an infant struggling to turn over --

the soul wants to buy a ticket to anywhere

that's out of town, like Venice, say, where the lacy facades

weep into the tarnlike byways and boulevards,

and there's a music of world-weary, self-extinguishing tragedy

to fight with the sun-spangles on the water

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1 trudging
vt.& vi.跋涉，吃力地走（trudge的现在分词形式）
参考例句：
There was a stream of refugees trudging up the valley towards the border. 一队难民步履艰难地爬上山谷向着边境走去。来自《简明英汉词典》 Two mules well laden with packs were trudging along. 两头骡子驮着沉重的背包，吃力地往前走。来自辞典例句

2 arias
n.咏叹调( aria的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Can you pick out the operatic arias quoted in this orchestral passage? 你能听出这段管弦乐曲里有歌剧式的咏叹调吗？来自辞典例句 The actions are large and colour, there are arias and recitatives. 动作夸张而华美，有唱段也有宣叙部。来自辞典例句

3 boredom
n.厌烦，厌倦，乏味，无聊
参考例句：
Unemployment can drive you mad with boredom.失业会让你无聊得发疯。 A walkman can relieve the boredom of running.跑步时带着随身听就不那么乏味了。

4 exquisite
adj.精美的；敏锐的；剧烈的，感觉强烈的
参考例句：
I was admiring the exquisite workmanship in the mosaic.我当时正在欣赏镶嵌画的精致做工。 I still remember the exquisite pleasure I experienced in Bali.我依然记得在巴厘岛所经历的那种剧烈的快感。

5 fanfare
n.喇叭；号角之声；v.热闹地宣布
参考例句：
The product was launched amid much fanfare worldwide.这个产品在世界各地隆重推出。 A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King.嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。

6 navigating
v.给（船舶、飞机等）引航，导航( navigate的现在分词 )；（从海上、空中等）横越；横渡；飞跃
参考例句：
These can also be very useful when navigating time-based documents, such as video and audio. 它对于和时间有关的文档非常有用，比如视频和音频文档。来自About Face 3交互设计精髓 Vehicles slowed to a crawl on city roads, navigating slushy snow. 汽车在市区路上行驶缓慢，穿越泥泞的雪地。来自互联网

7 seismic
a.地震的，地震强度的
参考例句：
Earthquakes produce two types of seismic waves.地震产生两种地震波。 The latest seismic activity was also felt in northern Kenya.肯尼亚北部也感觉到了最近的地震活动。