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Identity Crisis

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by Daniel Hoffman

One searches roads receding¹， endlessly receding， receding.

The other opens all doors with the same key. Simple.

One's quick to wrath²， the wronged， the righteous， the wroth kettledrum.

The other loafs by the river， idles and jiggles his line.

One conspired³ against statues on stilts⁴， in his pocket

The plot that dooms⁵ the city. The other's a good son.

One proclaims he aims to put the first aardvark in space.

The other patiently toils⁶， making saddles for horseless headmen.

One exults⁷ as he flexes⁸ the glees of his body， up-down， up-down.

The other's hawk-kite would sail， would soar——who has tied it to carrion⁹ and bones？

One's a Tom Fool about money——those pockets are his， with the holes.

At his touch， gold reverts¹⁰ to the base living substance.

The other's a genius， his holdings increase by binary¹¹ fission——

Ownings beget¹² their own earnings¹³， dividend¹⁴ without end.

One clasps in a bundle and keens for the broken ten laws.

The other scratches in Ogham the covenant¹⁵ of a moral pagan.

One with alacrity¹⁶ answers to '121-45-3628？'——'Yes， Sir！' The other

bends his knee， doffs¹⁷ cap， to no man living or dead. One

Does all his doings predetermined by diskette or disc.

The other draws his dreams through the eye of the moon.

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1 receding
v.逐渐远离( recede的现在分词 )；向后倾斜；自原处后退或避开别人的注视；尤指问题
参考例句：
Desperately he struck out after the receding lights of the yacht. 游艇的灯光渐去渐远，他拼命划水追赶。来自辞典例句 Sounds produced by vehicles receding from us seem lower-pitched than usual. 渐渐远离我们的运载工具发出的声似乎比平常的音调低。来自辞典例句

2 wrath
n.愤怒，愤慨，暴怒
参考例句：
His silence marked his wrath. 他的沉默表明了他的愤怒。 The wrath of the people is now aroused. 人们被激怒了。

3 conspired
密谋( conspire的过去式和过去分词 )；搞阴谋；（事件等）巧合；共同导致
参考例句：
They conspired to bring about the meeting of the two people. 他们共同促成了两人的会面。 Bad weather and car trouble conspired to ruin our vacation. 恶劣的气候连同汽车故障断送了我们的假日。

4 stilts
n.（支撑建筑物高出地面或水面的）桩子，支柱( stilt的名词复数 )；高跷
参考例句：
a circus performer on stilts 马戏团里踩高跷的演员 The bamboo huts here are all built on stilts. 这里的竹楼都是架空的。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 dooms
v.注定( doom的第三人称单数 )；判定；使…的失败（或灭亡、毁灭、坏结局）成为必然；宣判
参考例句：
The ill-advised conceit of the guardian angel dooms the film from the start. 对守护天使的蹩脚设计弄巧成拙，从一开始就注定这部电影要失败。 The dooms of the two are closely linked. 一条线拴俩蚂蚱。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 toils
网
参考例句：
It did not declare him to be still in Mrs. Dorset's toils. 这并不表明他仍陷于多赛特夫人的情网。 The thief was caught in the toils of law. 这个贼陷入了法网。

7 exults
狂喜，欢跃( exult的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
Success exactly exults him. 成功确使他高兴。 Strong man exults in his delighting in such exercises as call his muscles into action. 大力士喜欢炫耀自己的膂力，酷嗜锻炼肌肉之类的运动。

8 flexes
v.屈曲( flex的第三人称单数 )；弯曲；（为准备大干而）显示实力；摩拳擦掌
参考例句：
MCC RE Flexes Its Powerful Muscle Across the Country. 中冶置业：全国彰显雄厚实力。来自互联网 Yeah, well, maybe you need to do a few more butt flexes. 是吗？可能你是需要做更多的臀部运动吧。来自互联网

9 carrion
n.腐肉
参考例句：
A crow of bloodthirsty ants is attracted by the carrion.一群嗜血的蚂蚁被腐肉所吸引。 Vultures usually feed on carrion or roadkill.兀鹫通常以腐肉和公路上的死伤动物为食。

10 reverts
恢复( revert的第三人称单数 )；重提；回到…上；归还
参考例句：
The mind reverts to the earliest days of colonial history. 我们回想到早期的殖民地历史。 Macau reverts to Chinese sovereignty at midnight on December19. 澳门主权于十二月十九日零时回归中国。

11 binary
adj.二，双；二进制的；n.双(体)；联星
参考例句：
Computers operate using binary numbers.计算机运行运用二进位制。 Let us try converting the number itself to binary.我们试一试，把这个数本身变成二进制数。

12 beget
v.引起；产生
参考例句：
Dragons beget dragons,phoenixes beget phoenixes.龙生龙，凤生凤。 Economic tensions beget political ones.经济紧张导致政治紧张。

13 earnings
n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得
参考例句：
That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。 Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

14 dividend
n.红利，股息；回报，效益
参考例句：
The company was forced to pass its dividend.该公司被迫到期不分红。 The first quarter dividend has been increased by nearly 4 per cent.第一季度的股息增长了近 4%。

15 covenant
n.盟约，契约；v.订盟约
参考例句：
They refused to covenant with my father for the property.他们不愿与我父亲订立财产契约。 The money was given to us by deed of covenant.这笔钱是根据契约书付给我们的。

16 alacrity
n.敏捷，轻快，乐意
参考例句：
Although the man was very old,he still moved with alacrity.他虽然很老，动作仍很敏捷。 He accepted my invitation with alacrity.他欣然接受我的邀请。

17 doffs
v.脱去，（尤指）脱帽( doff的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
She doffs her garb worn under fire and wears again female attire. 脱我战时袍着我旧时裳。来自《简明英汉词典》 She doffs her garb worn under fire And wears again female attire. 区别于制服、工作服和牧师服装的普通衣服。来自互联网