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Relic¹

Patricia Hooper

Here is a bird's breastbone,

the keel of a ship scrubbed clean

of its cargo² and rigging, its rib³ cage

laid bare in this harbor of grasses.

Each morning the sun finds it

and bleaches⁴ it into a basket

the snail⁵ sleeps in, no longer

robin or finch⁶, but a shelter

for beetles⁷ or worms. Now I place it

carefully in the garden

to lie among asters and dahlias

who drink from the sky it fell from

and sing without throats or voices

and flutter and preen⁸ without feathers

and fly in the winds of October

and die and go back to the loam⁹.

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1 relic
n.神圣的遗物，遗迹，纪念物
参考例句：
This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.这石斧是古代的遗物。 He found himself thinking of the man as a relic from the past.他把这个男人看成是过去时代的人物。

2 cargo
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
参考例句：
The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。 A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

3 rib
n.肋骨，肋状物
参考例句：
He broke a rib when he fell off his horse.他从马上摔下来折断了一根肋骨。 He has broken a rib and the doctor has strapped it up.他断了一根肋骨，医生已包扎好了。

4 bleaches
使（颜色）变淡，变白，漂白( bleach的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
Oxidation of soils by bleaches can break down large molecules into smaller segments with polar sites. 关于漂白对污垢的氧化作用，使其大分子裂解为带极性基因的短链段。 Clean up spilled medicines, bleaches and gasoline and other flammable liquids. 清除溢出的药品，漂白剂、汽油和其他易燃易爆液体。

5 snail
n.蜗牛
参考例句：
Snail is a small plant-eating creature with a soft body.蜗牛是一种软体草食动物。 Time moved at a snail's pace before the holidays.放假前的时间过得很慢。

6 finch
n.雀科鸣禽(如燕雀，金丝雀等)
参考例句：
This behaviour is commonly observed among several species of finch.这种行为常常可以在几种雀科鸣禽中看到。 In Australia,it is predominantly called the Gouldian Finch.在澳大利亚，它主要还是被称之为胡锦雀。

7 beetles
n.甲虫( beetle的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Beetles bury pellets of dung and lay their eggs within them. 甲壳虫把粪粒埋起来，然后在里面产卵。来自《简明英汉词典》 This kind of beetles have hard shell. 这类甲虫有坚硬的外壳。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 preen
v.（人）打扮修饰
参考例句：
50% of men under 35 spend at least 20 minutes preening themselves every morning in the bathroom.50%的35岁以下男性每天早上至少花20分钟在盥洗室精心打扮。 Bill preened his beard.比尔精心修剪了他的胡须。

9 loam
n.沃土
参考例句：
Plant the seeds in good loam.把种子种在好的壤土里。 One occupies relatively dry sandy loam soils.一个则占据较干旱的沙壤土。

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