Womanhood
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by Catherine Anderson

    She slides over

    the hot upholstery

    of her mother's car,

    this schoolgirl of fifteen

    who loves humming & swaying

    with the radio.

    Her entry into womanhood

    will be like all the other girls'——

    a cigarette and a joke,

    as she strides up with the rest

    to a brick factory

    where she'll sew rag rugs

    from textile strips of kelly green,

    bright red, aqua.

    When she enters,

    and the millgate closes,

    final as a slap,

    there'll be silence.

    She'll see fifteen high windows

    cemented over to cut out light.

    Inside, a constant, deafening1 noise

    and warm air smelling of oil,

    the shifts continuing on. . .

    All day she'll guide cloth along a line

    of whirring needles, her arms & shoulders

    rocking back & forth2

    with the machines——

    200 porch size rugs behind her

    before she can stop

    to reach up, like her mother,

    and pick the lint3

    out of her hair.



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1 deafening deafening     
adj. 振耳欲聋的, 极喧闹的 动词deafen的现在分词形式
参考例句:
  • The noise of the siren was deafening her. 汽笛声震得她耳朵都快聋了。
  • The noise of the machine was deafening. 机器的轰鸣声震耳欲聋。
2 forth Hzdz2     
adv.向前;向外,往外
参考例句:
  • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
  • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
3 lint 58azy     
n.线头;绷带用麻布,皮棉
参考例句:
  • Flicked the lint off the coat.把大衣上的棉绒弹掉。
  • There are a few problems of air pollution by chemicals,lint,etc.,but these are minor.化学品、棉花等也造成一些空气污染问题,但这是次要的。
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