Freedom, Revolt, and Love
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by Frank1 Stanford

    They caught them.

    They were sitting at a table in the kitchen.

    It was early.

    They had on bathrobes.

    They were drinking coffee and smiling.

    She had one of his cigarillos in her fingers.

    She had her legs tucked2 up under her in the chair.

    They saw them through the window.

    She thought of them stepping out of a bath

    And him wrapping cloth around her.

    He thought of her walking up in a small white building,

    He thought of stones settling into the ground.

    Then they were gone.

    Then they came in through the back.

    Her cat ran out.

    The house was near the road.

    She didn't like the cat going out.

    They stayed at the table.

    The others were out of breath.

    The man and the woman reached across the table.

    They were afraid, they smiled.

    The other poured themselves the last of the coffee.

    Burning their tongues.

    The man and the woman looked at them.

    They didn't say anything.

    The man and the woman moved closer to each other,

    The round table between them.

    The stove was still on and burned the empty pot.

    She started to get up.

    One of them shot her.

    She leaned over the table like a schoolgirl doing her lessons.

    She thought about being beside him, being asleep.

    They took her long gray socks

    Put them over the barrel3 of a rifle4

    And shot him.

    He went back in his chair, holding himself.

    She told him hers didn't hurt much,

    Like in the fall when everything you touch

    Makes a spark5.

    He thought about her getting up in the dark

    Wrapping a quilt around herself.

    And standing6 in the doorway7.

    She asked the men if they shot them again

    Not to hurt their faces.

    One of them lit him one of his cigarettes.

    He thought what it would be like

    Being children together.

    He was dead before he finished it.

    She asked them could she take it out of his mouth.

    So it wouldn't burn his lips.

    She reached over and touched his hair.

    She thought about him walking through the dark singing.

    She died on the table like that,

    Smoke coming out of his mouth.



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1 frank JibxK     
adj.坦白的,直率的,真诚的
参考例句:
  • A frank discussion can help to clear the air.坦率的谈论有助于消除隔阂。
  • She is frank and outgoing.她很爽朗。
2 tucked 33959fcef78ea8033c2079d9ef67ff32     
塞进( tuck的过去式和过去分词 ); 翻折; 盖住; 卷起
参考例句:
  • She tucked up her skirt and waded into the river. 她撩起裙子蹚水走进河里。
  • She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears. 她把一缕散发夹到了耳后。
3 barrel FN8zF     
n.圆桶;一桶的量;枪管;vt.把...装桶
参考例句:
  • I drew off three pints of beer from the barrel.我从酒桶里抽出三品脱啤酒。
  • The man rolled the barrel into the yard.那个人把圆桶滚进院子。
4 rifle 5CMzu     
n.来复枪,步枪
参考例句:
  • The soldiers keep a tight hold of the rifle.战士们紧握手中的枪。
  • They armed him with a rifle.他们发给他一支步枪。
5 spark PTdzK     
n.火花,朝气,情人,俗丽的年轻人;vi.闪烁,冒火花,热情回应;vt.激发,引起,追求
参考例句:
  • A single spark can start a prairie fire.星星之火,可以燎原。
  • What made the electric wire spark?电线冒火花是什么原因?
6 standing 2hCzgo     
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。
7 doorway 2s0xK     
n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径
参考例句:
  • They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
  • Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。
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