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The Meeting

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The Meeting

Alfred Corn

Rekindled¹ consciousness, abrupt² as a slap

That makes identity slot in, its clip

Coinciding with that signature

Stride acquired roughly the same year

I learned the best defense³ was an offense⁴.

It's been my hup-two-three-four ever since.

Close to an hour of floating unawake

Over a book, my mind on coffee break,

Indifferent to the train's compulsive surge

At minus-fifty feet. I felt submerged

Beneath whitewater's liquid hammers, some

Cool, tumultuous onrush of time....

Amphibian⁵! embody⁶ your emphatic

Renascence at street level. Twilit, lamplit

Hours stretch ahead, where, with a high-test

Line smoothly⁷ unreeled, players will all cast

Themselves in the lead role, while those they've turned

Out to meet will do the same in turn.

Recurrent happenstance: it sort of steadies.

First I, then you, will swim the crowd's brisk eddies

And swirls⁸, we'll fist-bump, hug, invent smart-aleck

Putdowns and tender compliments alike.

And when it's time to remove hooks, oh, we'll

Be careful, we'll be kind as possible.

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1 rekindled
v.使再燃( rekindle的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
As soon as they met again his dormant love for her was rekindled. 他们一见面，他对她的旧情如乾柴烈火般又重新燃起。来自辞典例句 Ive found rekindled my interest in re-reading the books. 我发觉这提起了我再次阅读这些书的兴趣。来自互联网

2 abrupt
adj.突然的，意外的；唐突的，鲁莽的
参考例句：
The river takes an abrupt bend to the west.这河突然向西转弯。 His abrupt reply hurt our feelings.他粗鲁的回答伤了我们的感情。

3 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。 The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 offense
n.犯规，违法行为；冒犯，得罪
参考例句：
I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。 His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。

5 amphibian
n.两栖动物；水陆两用飞机和车辆
参考例句：
The frog is an amphibian,which means it can live on land and in water.青蛙属于两栖动物，也就是说它既能生活在陆地上也能生活在水里。 Amphibian is an important specie in ecosystem and has profound meaning in the ecotoxicology evaluation.两栖类是生态系统中的重要物种，并且对环境毒理评价有着深远意义。

6 embody
vt.具体表达，使具体化；包含，收录
参考例句：
The latest locomotives embody many new features. 这些最新的机车具有许多新的特色。 Hemingway's characters plainly embody his own values and view of life.海明威笔下的角色明确反映出他自己的价值观与人生观。

7 smoothly
adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地
参考例句：
The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。 Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

8 swirls
n.旋转( swirl的名词复数 )；卷状物；漩涡；尘旋v.旋转，打旋( swirl的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
Swirls of smoke rose through the trees. 树林中升起盘旋的青烟。来自辞典例句 On reaching the southeast corner of Himalaya-Tibet, It'swirls cyclonically across the Yunnan Plateau. 在到达喜马拉雅--西藏高原东南角处，它作气旋性转向越过云南高原。来自辞典例句