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Yellow Stars and Ice

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by Susan Stewart

I am as far as the deepest sky between clouds

and you are as far as the deepest root and wound，

and I am as far as a train at evening，

as far as a whistle you can't hear or remember.

You are as far as an unimagined animal

who， frightened by everything， never appears.

I am as far as cicadas and locusts¹

and you are as far as the cleanest arrow

that has sewn the wind to the light on

the birch trees. I am as far as the sleep of rivers

that stains the deepest sky between clouds，

you are as far as invention， and I am as far as memory.

You are as far as a red-marbled stream

where children cut their feet on the stones

and cry out. And I am as far as their happy

mothers， bleaching² new linen³ on the grass

and singing， "You are as far as another life，

as far as another life are you."

And I am as far as an infinite alphabet

made from yellow stars and ice，

and you are as far as the nails of the dead man，

as far as a sailor can see at midnight

when he's drunk and the moon is an empty cup，

and I am as far as invention and you are as far as memory.

I am as far as the corners of a room where no one

has ever spoken， as far as the four lost corners

of the earth. And you are as far as the voices

of the dumb， as the broken limbs of saints

and soldiers， as the scarlet⁴ wing of the suicidal

blackbird， I am farther and farther away from you.

And you are as far as a horse without a rider

can run in six years， two months and five days.

I am as far as that rider， who rubs his eyes with

his blistered⁵ hands， who watches a ghost don his

jacket and boots and now stands naked in the road.

As far as the space between word and word，

as the heavy sleep of the perfectly⁶ loved

and the sirens of wars no one living can remember，

as far as this room， where no words have been spoken，

you are as far as invention， and I am as far as memory.

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1 locusts
n.蝗虫( locust的名词复数 )；贪吃的人；破坏者；槐树
参考例句：
a swarm of locusts 一大群蝗虫 In no time the locusts came down and started eating everything. 很快蝗虫就飞落下来开始吃东西，什么都吃。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 bleaching
漂白法，漂白
参考例句：
Moderately weathered rock showed more intense bleaching and fissuring in the feldspars. 中等风化岩石则是指长石有更为强烈的变白现象和裂纹现象。 Bleaching effects are very strong and show on air photos. 退色效应非常强烈，并且反映在航空象片上。

3 linen
n.亚麻布，亚麻线，亚麻制品；adj.亚麻布制的，亚麻的
参考例句：
The worker is starching the linen.这名工人正在给亚麻布上浆。 Fine linen and cotton fabrics were known as well as wool.精细的亚麻织品和棉织品像羊毛一样闻名遐迩。

4 scarlet
n.深红色，绯红色，红衣；adj.绯红色的
参考例句：
The scarlet leaves of the maples contrast well with the dark green of the pines.深红的枫叶和暗绿的松树形成了明显的对比。 The glowing clouds are growing slowly pale,scarlet,bright red,and then light red.天空的霞光渐渐地淡下去了，深红的颜色变成了绯红，绯红又变为浅红。

5 blistered
adj.水疮状的，泡状的v.（使）起水泡( blister的过去式和过去分词 )；（使表皮等）涨破，爆裂
参考例句：
He had a blistered heel. 他的脚后跟起了泡。来自《简明英汉词典》 Their hands blistered, but no one complained. 他们手起了泡，可是没有一个人有怨言。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 perfectly
adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地
参考例句：
The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。 Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

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