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Sex Perhaps

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Sex Perhaps

Kathryn Starbuck

A half century ago I was a welcoming port of call in

a buoyant（轻快的） place, a person to drop in on or

drop out of, adrift in a private sea of stormy

inwardness, trying to love myself with

conviction. The only ideas to reach my calm outer

deck fell off my young lovers' backs as they

unburdened themselves.

They sought authenticity¹, oblivion, and an exportable

knowledge. They had aspirations². They

wanted to become painters or poets or -- two of

them -- painters and poets, eager to face

a decade or lifetime of envy and disappointment.

Why do you aspire³（渴望，追求）, I asked, don't you know,

silly boys, that either you are or you aren't?

They weren't. Neither was I. Oh how complacent

I was in my ignorant omnipotence⁴（全能）: float to

sea with me, I urged, where we can embody⁵ no plan,

no hope, achieve nothing worth dying or

living for except perhaps the melancholy⁶ luster

of delicious duty-free hand-me-down trips

to bed and back.

Did I know then that in a flash we'd be ancient,

that we'd be tending shrines⁷ and gardens

and graves? Did I not know then that the honey we'd

so innocently spread would attract the mob

intellect of fire ants to bedevil（使痛苦，虐待） us in the night? How

did I know I'd outlive us all to become, at

last, a port of call I've come to call my own?

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1 authenticity
n.真实性
参考例句：
There has been some debate over the authenticity of his will. 对于他的遗嘱的真实性一直有争论。 The museum is seeking an expert opinion on the authenticity of the painting. 博物馆在请专家鉴定那幅画的真伪。

2 aspirations
强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 )；志向；发送气音；发 h 音
参考例句：
I didn't realize you had political aspirations. 我没有意识到你有政治上的抱负。 The new treaty embodies the aspirations of most nonaligned countries. 新条约体现了大多数不结盟国家的愿望。

3 aspire
vi.(to，after)渴望，追求，有志于
参考例句：
Living together with you is what I aspire toward in my life.和你一起生活是我一生最大的愿望。 I aspire to be an innovator not a follower.我迫切希望能变成个开创者而不是跟随者。

4 omnipotence
n.全能，万能，无限威力
参考例句：
Central bankers have never had any illusions of their own omnipotence. 中行的银行家们已经不再对于他们自己的无所不能存有幻想了。来自互联网 Introduce an omnipotence press automatism dividing device, explained it operation principle. 介绍了冲压万能自动分度装置，说明了其工作原理。来自互联网

5 embody
vt.具体表达，使具体化；包含，收录
参考例句：
The latest locomotives embody many new features. 这些最新的机车具有许多新的特色。 Hemingway's characters plainly embody his own values and view of life.海明威笔下的角色明确反映出他自己的价值观与人生观。

6 melancholy
n.忧郁，愁思；adj.令人感伤（沮丧）的，忧郁的
参考例句：
All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。 He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.这次考试没通过，他感到很郁闷。

7 shrines
圣地，圣坛，神圣场所( shrine的名词复数 )
参考例句：
All three structures dated to the third century and were tentatively identified as shrines. 这3座建筑都建于3 世纪，并且初步鉴定为神庙。 Their palaces and their shrines are tombs. 它们的宫殿和神殿成了墓穴。