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by Laura Mullen

Huge crystalline cylinders¹ emerge from the water

The future

Where do they come from the King gushes² these talking fish

Show me at once

We see the writer buried under a collapsing³ mountain of scribbled-over

papers

While ink blurts⁴ from an overturned bottle

Speech is silver the King mutters

Silence is

They discover a fabulous⁵ ancient city

Black lake

Flag of smoke

Where we turned to look

Skulls⁶， bats， stars， spirals， lightning bolts

Words spoken in anger

Flowers for sarcasm⁷

The sequence continued to work in references to the brevity of life

Garlands of flowers

Stars signaling physical impact

They discover a fabulous ancient city

Under the water

None of the inhabitants

'Be reasonable . . .'

Increasingly faint trace of inked

Flowers delicate

After that

Cat catch

The decree

Eradicate

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1 cylinders
n.圆筒( cylinder的名词复数 )；圆柱；汽缸；（尤指用作容器的）圆筒状物
参考例句：
They are working on all cylinders to get the job finished. 他们正在竭尽全力争取把这工作干完。来自《简明英汉词典》 That jeep has four cylinders. 那辆吉普车有4个汽缸。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 gushes
n.涌出，迸发( gush的名词复数 )v.喷，涌( gush的第三人称单数 )；滔滔不绝地说话
参考例句：
The stream gushes forth from the rock. 一股小溪从岩石中涌出来。来自辞典例句 Fuel gushes into the combustion chamber. 燃料喷进燃烧室。来自辞典例句

3 collapsing
压扁[平]，毁坏，断裂
参考例句：
Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。 The rocks were folded by collapsing into the center of the trough. 岩石由于坍陷进入凹槽的中心而发生褶皱。

4 blurts
v.突然说出，脱口而出( blurt的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
He blurts out all he hears. 他漏嘴说出了他听到的一切。来自辞典例句 If a user blurts out an interesting idea, ask "What problem would that solve for you?" 如果用户不假思索地冒出一个有趣的想法，则询问他：“这可以解决哪些问题？” 来自互联网

5 fabulous
adj.极好的；极为巨大的；寓言中的，传说中的
参考例句：
We had a fabulous time at the party.我们在晚会上玩得很痛快。 This is a fabulous sum of money.这是一笔巨款。

6 skulls
颅骨( skull的名词复数 )；脑袋；脑子；脑瓜
参考例句：
One of the women's skulls found exceeds in capacity that of the average man of today. 现已发现的女性颅骨中，其中有一个的脑容量超过了今天的普通男子。 We could make a whole plain white with skulls in the moonlight! 我们便能令月光下的平原变白，遍布白色的骷髅！

7 sarcasm
n.讥讽，讽刺，嘲弄，反话（adj.sarcastic）
参考例句：
His sarcasm hurt her feelings.他的讽刺伤害了她的感情。 She was given to using bitter sarcasm.她惯于用尖酸刻薄语言挖苦人。