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Believing in Iron

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by Yusef Komunyakaa

The hills my brothers & I created

Never balanced， & it took years

To discover how the world worked.

We could look at a tree of blackbirds

& tell you how many were there，

Our math was always off.

Weeks of lifting & grunting³

Never added up to much，

But we couldn't stop

Believing in iron.

Abandoned trucks & cars

Were held to the ground

By thick， nostalgic fingers of vines

Strong as a dozen sharecroppers.

We'd return with our wheelbarrow

Groaning⁴ under a new load，

Yet tiger lilies lived better

In their languid， August domain⁵.

Among paper & Coke bottles

Foundry smoke erased⁶ sunsets，

& we couldn't believe iron

Left men bent⁷ so close to the earth

As if the ore under their breath

Weighed down the gray sky.

Sometimes I dreamt how our hills

Washed into a sea of metal，

How it all became an anchor

Out over trees with blooms

Too red to look at.

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1 scrap
n.碎片；废料；v.废弃，报废
参考例句：
A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。 Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。

2 dealer
n.商人，贩子
参考例句：
The dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting.那个商人为购买那幅画花了几个小时讨价还价。 The dealer reduced the price for cash down.这家商店对付现金的人减价优惠。

3 grunting
咕哝的，呼噜的
参考例句：
He pulled harder on the rope, grunting with the effort. 他边用力边哼声，使出更大的力气拉绳子。 Pigs were grunting and squealing in the yard. 猪在院子里哼哼地叫个不停。

4 groaning
adj. 呜咽的, 呻吟的动词groan的现在分词形式
参考例句：
She's always groaning on about how much she has to do. 她总抱怨自己干很多活儿。 The wounded man lay there groaning, with no one to help him. 受伤者躺在那里呻吟着，无人救助。

5 domain
n.(活动等)领域，范围；领地，势力范围
参考例句：
This information should be in the public domain.这一消息应该为公众所知。 This question comes into the domain of philosophy.这一问题属于哲学范畴。

6 erased
v.擦掉( erase的过去式和过去分词 )；抹去；清除
参考例句：
He erased the wrong answer and wrote in the right one. 他擦去了错误答案，写上了正确答案。来自《简明英汉词典》 He removed the dogmatism from politics; he erased the party line. 他根除了政治中的教条主义，消除了政党界限。来自《简明英汉词典》

7 bent
n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的
参考例句：
He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。 We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

8 warship
n.军舰，战舰
参考例句：
He is serving on a warship in the Pacific.他在太平洋海域的一艘军舰上服役。 The warship was making towards the pier.军舰正驶向码头。

9 bomber
n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者
参考例句：
He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。 Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。