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Remora,Remora
by Thomas Lux
Clinging to the shark
is a sucker shark,
attached to which
and feeding off its crumbs
is one still tinier,
inch or two,
and on top of that one,
one the size of a nick of gauze;
smaller and smaller
(moron,idiot,imbecile,nincompoop)
until on top of that
is the last,a microdot sucker shark,
a filament's tip-with a heartbeat-sliced off,
and the great sea
all around feeding
his host and thus him.
He's too small
to be eaten himself
(though some things swim
with open mouths)so
he just rides along in the bule current,
the invisibel point of the pyramid,
the top beneath all else. 【注释】
1.sucker shark:鱼印(呵呵,这个字打只能拆着打,(*^__^*) 嘻嘻……不好意思 半天多没找到,五笔也找不到)
2.nick:缺口
3.gauze:薄纱,网纱
4.moron:低能儿
5.idiot:笨蛋
6.imbecile:傻瓜
7.nincompoop:弱智
8.microdot:微粒照片
9.filament:细丝
10.slice off:削下,切下
这首诗在我们这样的一个时代,这样的一个环境中具有特别重要的意思,在今天 的世界,由于人类的活动,生物种类每天多已惊人的速度递减。本诗通过对海洋 生物的一个描写,意为告诉我们生态系统的机制,和生物多样性的意义。告诫我 们应该与其他生物相互依存,应该尊重和保护大自然的运作系统,尊重大自然规 律,而不是为了眼前的利益去开发或者破坏它。 |