Parable

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Parable1
Sandra Beasley
 
 
Worries come to a man and a woman. 
 Small ones, light in the hand. 
 
The man decides to swallow his worries, 
 hiding them deep within himself. The woman 
 throws hers as far as she can from their porch. 
 They touch each other, relieved. 
 They make coffee, and make plans for 
 the seaside in May. 
 
                                     All the while, the worries 
 of the man take his insides as their oyster, 
 coating themselves in juice - first gastric, 
 then nacreous - growing layer upon layer. 
 And in the fields beyond the wash-line, 
 the worries of the woman take root, 
 stretching tendrils through the rich soil. 
 
The parable tells us Consider the ravens2, 
 but the ravens caw useless from the gutters 
 of this house. The parable tells us 
Consider the lilies, but they shiver in the side-yard, 
 silent. 
 
             What the parable does not tell you 
 is that this woman collects porcelain3 cats. 
 Some big, some small, some gilded4, some plain. 
 One stops doors. One cups cream and another, sugar. 
 This man knows they are tacky. Still, when the one 
 that had belonged to her great-aunt fell 
 and broke, he held her as she wept, held her 
 even after her breath had lengthened5 to sleep. 
 
The parable does not care about such things. 
 
Worry has come to the house of a man 
 and a woman. Their garden yields greens gone 
 bitter, corn cowering6 in its husk. 
 He asks himself, What will we eat? They sit 
 at the table and open the mail: a bill, a bill, a bill, 
 an invitation. She turns a saltshaker cat 
 between her palms and asks, What will we wear? 
 He rubs her wrist with his thumb. 
 He wonders how to offer 
 the string of pearls writhing7 in his belly8.

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1 parable R4hzI     
n.寓言，比喻
参考例句：
  • This is an ancient parable.这是一个古老的寓言。
  • The minister preached a sermon on the parable of the lost sheep.牧师讲道时用了亡羊的比喻。
2 ravens afa492e2603cd239f272185511eefeb8     
n.低质煤；渡鸦( raven的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Wheresoever the carcase is,there will the ravens be gathered together. 哪里有死尸，哪里就有乌鸦麇集。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A couple of ravens croaked above our boat. 两只乌鸦在我们小船的上空嘎嘎叫着。 来自辞典例句
3 porcelain USvz9     
n.瓷；adj.瓷的，瓷制的
参考例句：
  • These porcelain plates have rather original designs on them.这些瓷盘的花纹很别致。
  • The porcelain vase is enveloped in cotton.瓷花瓶用棉花裹着。
4 gilded UgxxG     
a.镀金的，富有的
参考例句：
  • The golden light gilded the sea. 金色的阳光使大海如金子般闪闪发光。
  • "Friends, they are only gilded disks of lead!" "朋友们，这只不过是些镀金的铅饼！ 来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡
5 lengthened 4c0dbc9eb35481502947898d5e9f0a54     
（时间或空间）延长，伸长( lengthen的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The afternoon shadows lengthened. 下午影子渐渐变长了。
  • He wanted to have his coat lengthened a bit. 他要把上衣放长一些。
6 cowering 48e9ec459e33cd232bc581fbd6a3f22d     
v.畏缩，抖缩( cower的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • He turned his baleful glare on the cowering suspect. 他恶毒地盯着那个蜷缩成一团的嫌疑犯。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He stood over the cowering Herb with fists of fury. 他紧握着两个拳头怒气冲天地站在惊魂未定的赫伯面前。 来自辞典例句
7 writhing 8e4d2653b7af038722d3f7503ad7849c     
（因极度痛苦而）扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • She was writhing around on the floor in agony. 她痛得在地板上直打滚。
  • He was writhing on the ground in agony. 他痛苦地在地上打滚。
8 belly QyKzLi     
n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛
参考例句：
  • The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
  • His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

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