God, God

时间：2012-11-07 03:29:51

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God, God
Fleda Brown
 
We dressed for church. I had a white hat
 and white gloves when I was fifteen, no joke.
 You had to do that to show God you cared.
 
God's eyes were stained glass, and his voice
 was pipe organ（管风琴）. He was immortal1, invisible,
 while my pantyhose（连裤袜） itched2 and my atheist3
 
father chewed his tongue and threatened to run
 out the door but didn't for my mother's sake,
 and she swallowed her fate, this marriage,
 
like a communion cracker4, and my brain-
 damaged brother lurched（倾斜，蹒跚） around the church
 nursery, and my sweeter sister watched me
 
with huge brown eyes to see what I'd do next.
 My God, why did I turn my eyes upward when
 we were all there, then, in the flesh? I am so
 
sorry about God, sorry we fastened that word
 to the sky. God's not even legal in Hebrew.
 If you get the vowel5 caught between the two
 
consonants6 of your lips, it can carry you
 dangerously up like a balloon over what you'd
 give anything to be in the middle of, now.

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1 immortal 7kOyr     
adj.不朽的；永生的，不死的；神的
参考例句：
  • The wild cocoa tree is effectively immortal.野生可可树实际上是不会死的。
  • The heroes of the people are immortal!人民英雄永垂不朽！
2 itched 40551ab33ea4ba343556be82d399ab87     
v.发痒( itch的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Seeing the children playing ping-pong, he itched to have a go. 他看到孩子们打乒乓，不觉技痒。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • He could hardly sIt'still and itched to have a go. 他再也坐不住了，心里跃跃欲试。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3 atheist 0vbzU     
n.无神论者
参考例句：
  • She was an atheist but now she says she's seen the light.她本来是个无神论者，可是现在她说自己的信仰改变了。
  • He is admittedly an atheist.他被公认是位无神论者。
4 cracker svCz5a     
n.（无甜味的）薄脆饼干
参考例句：
  • Buy me some peanuts and cracker.给我买一些花生和饼干。
  • There was a cracker beside every place at the table.桌上每个位置旁都有彩包爆竹。
5 vowel eHTyS     
n.元音；元音字母
参考例句：
  • A long vowel is a long sound as in the word"shoe ".长元音即如“shoe” 一词中的长音。
  • The vowel in words like 'my' and 'thigh' is not very difficult.单词my和thigh中的元音并不难发。
6 consonants 6d7406e22bce454935f32e3837012573     
n.辅音，子音( consonant的名词复数 )；辅音字母
参考例句：
  • Consonants are frequently assimilated to neighboring consonants. 辅音往往被其邻近的辅音同化。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Vowels possess greater sonority than consonants. 元音比辅音响亮。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

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