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Freeway 280

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by Lorna Dee Cervantes

Las casitas near the gray cannery，

nestled amid wild abrazos of climbing roses

and man-high red geraniums

are gone now. The freeway conceals¹ it

all beneath a raised scar.

But under the fake windsounds of the open lanes，

in the abandoned lots below， new grasses sprout²，

wild mustard remembers， old gardens

come back stronger than they were，

trees have been left standing³ in their yards.

Albaricoqueros， cerezos， nogales . . .

Viejitas come here with paper bags to gather greens.

Espinaca， verdolagas， yerbabuena . . .

I scramble⁴ over the wire fence

that would have kept me out.

Once， I wanted out， wanted the rigid⁵ lanes

to take me to a place without sun，

without the smell of tomatoes burning

on swing shift in the greasy⁶ summer air.

Maybe it's here

en los campos extra？os de esta ciudad

where I'll find it， that part of me

mown under

or a loose seed.

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1 conceals
v.隐藏，隐瞒，遮住( conceal的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
He conceals his worries behind a mask of nonchalance. 他装作若无其事，借以掩饰内心的不安。来自《简明英汉词典》 Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals. 酒醉吐真言。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 sprout
n.芽，萌芽；vt.使发芽，摘去芽；vi.长芽，抽条
参考例句：
When do deer first sprout horns?鹿在多大的时候开始长出角？ It takes about a week for the seeds to sprout.这些种子大约要一周后才会发芽。

3 standing
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。 They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 scramble
v.爬行，攀爬，杂乱蔓延，碎片，片段，废料
参考例句：
He broke his leg in his scramble down the wall.他爬墙摔断了腿。 It was a long scramble to the top of the hill.到山顶须要爬登一段长路。

5 rigid
adj.严格的，死板的；刚硬的，僵硬的
参考例句：
She became as rigid as adamant.她变得如顽石般的固执。 The examination was so rigid that nearly all aspirants were ruled out.考试很严，几乎所有的考生都被淘汰了。

6 greasy
adj. 多脂的，油脂的
参考例句：
He bought a heavy-duty cleanser to clean his greasy oven.昨天他买了强力清洁剂来清洗油污的炉子。 You loathe the smell of greasy food when you are seasick.当你晕船时，你会厌恶油腻的气味。

7 corpse
n.尸体，死尸
参考例句：
What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.她见到的只是一具全无感觉的尸体。 The corpse was preserved from decay by embalming.尸体用香料涂抹以防腐烂。