With My Back to City Hall, On Yom Kippur_经典赏析

With My Back to City Hall, On Yom Kippur

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by Jordan Davis

The gnats¹ love the highway dividers，

the freelance pickup² artists love the softness of the hands

of the women who love their friends

for walking with them laughing at the situation，

lost people love that I am sitting here looking likely to know，

I love it when I know， knowledge in the form of radar³

loves the cloud cover which resembles my headache

in its topography and its effect on my mood，

the path which connects Park Row with Broadway

loves the paranoia⁴ which has closed off all the paths closer than this to City Hall，

Jesus loves the balding man in the striped windbreaker

who looks at my small script and remarks， "Jesus loves you，"

I love the silk suit and the hard candy curl hair

of the middle-aged⁵ black woman going by with her dry cleaning，

I love the sock the bundled baby recumbent in an Aprica stroller kicks out，

I love from a distance the speck⁶ this woman in the tight clothes

reaches to brush from her shoe， I love the effect it has on her distraction⁷， I love

the ties tucked into the short sleeve shirts of the men returning from lunch，

I love the men and women my age strolling

with purpose in their Pumas⁸， the feather tumbling by，

the drift of the hulking red haired woman with psoriatic elbows，

the opal in the hairbow of the Hindi woman in white robes

and the tuck of her husband's shirt into his jeans，

the ticking of the wheel of the bicycle rolled along

by a backpack-wearing man on foot，

the acceleration⁹ of an open-roof double-decker tour bus，

the ignition cough of the not-in-service kneeling bus，

the change clod and leaf-shuffle of the lower torsos

and the carry-out conveyor sound of a closed up shopping cart，

I love the downturned glance of the woman carrying the Borzoi College Reader crossing against the light and going into Pace，

may all these people have rent-stabilized leases，

and may they be registered to vote， in their unions，

and in the next election.

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1 gnats
n.叮人小虫( gnat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
He decided that he might fire at all gnats. 他决定索性把鸡毛蒜皮都摊出来。来自辞典例句 The air seemed to grow thick with fine white gnats. 空气似乎由于许多白色的小虫子而变得浑浊不堪。来自辞典例句

2 pickup
n.拾起，获得
参考例句：
I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。\|\|The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。

3 radar
n.雷达，无线电探测器
参考例句：
They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。 Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

4 paranoia
n.妄想狂，偏执狂；多疑症
参考例句：
Her passion for cleanliness borders on paranoia.她的洁癖近乎偏执。 The push for reform is also motivated by political paranoia.竞选的改革运动也受到政治偏执狂症的推动。

5 middle-aged
adj.中年的
参考例句：
I noticed two middle-aged passengers.我注意到两个中年乘客。 The new skin balm was welcome by middle-aged women.这种新护肤香膏受到了中年妇女的欢迎。

6 speck
n.微粒，小污点，小斑点
参考例句：
I have not a speck of interest in it.我对它没有任何兴趣。 The sky is clear and bright without a speck of cloud.天空晴朗，一星星云彩也没有。

7 distraction
n.精神涣散，精神不集中，消遣，娱乐
参考例句：
Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。 Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。

8 pumas
n.美洲狮( puma的名词复数 )；彪马；于1948年成立于德国荷索金劳勒(Herzogenaurach)的国际运动品牌；创始人：鲁道夫及达斯勒。
参考例句：
Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. 美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物，产于美洲。来自新概念英语第三册 But forget that for the pumas and lynx at the Queens Zoo. 而皇后动物园的美洲狮和猞猁却完全不吃这一套。来自互联网

9 acceleration
n.加速，加速度
参考例句：
All spacemen must be able to bear acceleration.所有太空人都应能承受加速度。 He has also called for an acceleration of political reforms.他同时呼吁加快政治改革的步伐。

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