Of Memory and Distance
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   by Russell Edson

    It‘s a scientific fact that anyone entering the distance will grow smaller.

    Eventually becoming so small he might only be found with a telescope,

    or, for more intimacy1, with a microscope……

    But there‘s a vanishing point,

    where anyone having penetrated2 the distance must disappear entirely3 without hope of his ever returning,

    leaving only a memory of his ever having been.

    But then there is fiction,

    so that one is never really sure if it was someone who vanished into the end of seeing,

    or someone made of paper and ink……



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1 intimacy z4Vxx     
n.熟悉,亲密,密切关系,亲昵的言行
参考例句:
  • His claims to an intimacy with the President are somewhat exaggerated.他声称自己与总统关系密切,这有点言过其实。
  • I wish there were a rule book for intimacy.我希望能有个关于亲密的规则。
2 penetrated 61c8e5905df30b8828694a7dc4c3a3e0     
adj. 击穿的,鞭辟入里的 动词penetrate的过去式和过去分词形式
参考例句:
  • The knife had penetrated his chest. 刀子刺入了他的胸膛。
  • They penetrated into territory where no man had ever gone before. 他们已进入先前没人去过的地区。
3 entirely entirely     
ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地
参考例句:
  • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
  • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
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