精美英文小诗：My Psychic

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　　has a giant hand diagrammed in front of her place
; ^6 V8 z( h  |, I) N  A- e5 m　　on West Tennessee.
　　It towers above a kudzu hill as if
" f6 {5 G) t1 t8 T3 |　　to offer a cosmic How!
4 Z" j9 }" f! B' }　　as in Hello! from a long
- F9 q# c! U) O' E　　way off， as in how
: s) [; A4 G1 ^* R: c" n　　she already knows
: H' ?$ Y( m- x6 @　　the sundry screwed up ways a day
　　can go days before
& X' y2 {& _7 {. R　　I park my wreck on the hill again beside
( x) h) q' m7 r7 k; S　　her white Mercedes.
　　O little slice of Lebanon!
- p4 |; S9 }' {/ n& l+ t3 w　　O cedar scented
　　cards fanned like feathers
　　of a Byzantine peacock!
　　Tell me again how I might have been a fine lawyer，
4 u& F/ A8 j: P6 Q& L% O　　that I'll raise four kids in Tallahassee，
$ }2 S6 c$ q# K. l: x  J　　how I married-it's true-on my lunch break-Yez
　　she took you to lunch okay a zeven year lunch ha ha!
2 V* d+ E9 X3 W+ ^5 e  V( D　　Incense. Mini-shrine.
　　A wagon train of chihuahuas snoozing by her slippers.
　　You have anxious about a furniture… I do.
7 _7 c! f5 F+ u8 ~. w6 @　　But lately I've grown cold，
　　unconsoled by her extrasensory view.
　　I think no need to speak-across
% n) O5 L$ E: e( [0 A　　the black tabletop， I don't want to know
　　if I'll find a bright city，
& b' X5 I* R$ G0 }　　a room by the river，a love
( D& u( w2 @% X& V0 q' a0 C　　I will recognize
; n" |/ V  s+ O　　by her dragonfly
　　tattoo. O narrative of ether!
　　O non-refundable
. e# l" c& T( ]& z　　life facts! say that what happens may not matter，
/ J) X- n# o+ S& d* x( S% D8 q　　or that it matters as any
5 k1 ~. {& H* U! V　　story does when two fresh lovers
3 e+ o8 b& U6 K　　embrace the old pact
　　(her bra on the chair，
7 r: b* Z  I0 `% h/ b& H　　his socks in the kitchen) that says
! k1 H+ V4 A8 o" S  I/ h# `　　their love is level，
8 E' \- ?+ D0 l* b　　unfabled， new. Level with me，
  z. o5 [0 P" H- H* W　　tell me why the dogs on the floor，
" R% d- C* C; y　　little moon fed hounds of Delphi， seem so over it，
; D( M* H! b' ~$ R6 c　　so done with the fleas of destiny.
　　Maybe that's the right attitude，
　　no need to ask why I'm here on a perfectly blue Friday，
　　content with what the thin air，
- _  X4 ?5 ]2 T0 A9 J　　what the dust motes in the light say near the high window.
4 Z6 s0 Z, f/ ^& z& |9 M# a0 P　　I should've learned that music long ago
　　O soundless number!
# Z; U' R1 a1 o/ L2 b　　O jukebox of being that the dogs dream to!
　　No faux crystal ball，
　　no tea leaves or terrace in the nether
/ C8 }) {  a+ [' H  U4 _　　reaches of my palm
　　will make her answers
　　less like hocus pocus in a purchased dark.
　　It's time to pay， to drive away
! k, y% x" i: C5 Z　　from telepathic altitudes， to say adieu
: e; B4 n0 K, i2 u　　to why love ends. How
　　How a heart opens again.
% \2 k6 U6 W* _4 l　　Why anything is true.
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