American Sonnet (35)

时间：2007-06-22 02:59:01

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by Wanda Coleman

boooooooo. spooky ripplings of icy waves. this

umpteenth¹ time she returns——this invisible woman

long on haunting short on ectoplasm

"you're a good man， sistuh，" a lover sighed solongago.

"keep your oil slick and your motor running."

wretched stained mirrors within mirrors of

fractured webbings like nests of manic spiders

reflect her ruined mien² （rue³ wiggles remorse⁴

squiggles woe⁵ jiggles bestride her）。 oozy Manes spill

out yonder spooling in night's lofty hour exudes

her gloom and spew in rankling odor of heady dour

as she strives to retrieve flesh to cloak her bones

again to thrive to keep her poisoned id alive

usta be young usta be gifted——still black

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1 umpteenth
adj.第无数次（个）的
参考例句：
W; `Qmp`tinW/ pron, det: For the umpteenth time, I tell you I don't know! 我告诉你多少次了，我不知道！来自辞典例句 Vera: That's the umpteenth suggestion I've made which you've turned down. 薇拉：这不知是我提出的第几个建议了，你全部不接受。来自互联网

2 mien
n.风采；态度
参考例句：
He was a Vietnam veteran with a haunted mien.他是个越战老兵，举止总有些惶然。 It was impossible to tell from his mien whether he was offended.从他的神态中难以看出他是否生气了。

3 rue
n.懊悔，芸香，后悔；v.后悔，悲伤，懊悔
参考例句：
You'll rue having failed in the examination.你会悔恨考试失败。 You're going to rue this the longest day that you live.你要终身悔恨不尽呢。

4 remorse
n.痛恨，悔恨，自责
参考例句：
She had no remorse about what she had said.她对所说的话不后悔。 He has shown no remorse for his actions.他对自己的行为没有任何悔恨之意。

5 woe
n.悲哀，苦痛，不幸，困难；int.用来表达悲伤或惊慌
参考例句：
Our two peoples are brothers sharing weal and woe.我们两国人民是患难与共的兄弟。 A man is well or woe as he thinks himself so.自认祸是祸，自认福是福。