精美英文小诗：My Psychic

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　　has a giant hand diagrammed in front of her place
　　on West Tennessee.
0 k! a- f3 x( f) z8 O# C/ a　　It towers above a kudzu hill as if
　　to offer a cosmic How!
" P9 |. i& ~) y' m1 N　　as in Hello! from a long
　　way off， as in how
' j. p9 \5 |( u) {* P　　she already knows
　　the sundry screwed up ways a day
& x" r8 S# M1 M' z' @. r　　can go days before
/ ?! \, u, X  t5 B　　I park my wreck on the hill again beside
' C# ?" ?% j/ ?% }( }( g' f% a　　her white Mercedes.
7 S/ j6 W- p/ H0 E　　O little slice of Lebanon!
/ s$ U. p3 ]# _　　O cedar scented
　　cards fanned like feathers
　　of a Byzantine peacock!
" X2 ?4 C: Z+ X/ F; o5 J; v　　Tell me again how I might have been a fine lawyer，
　　that I'll raise four kids in Tallahassee，
3 q  R, `) ]% j/ ]8 g; V5 h　　how I married-it's true-on my lunch break-Yez
　　she took you to lunch okay a zeven year lunch ha ha!
  l0 z( Y' f  q2 s* r　　Incense. Mini-shrine.
" r; c) @& Z0 G, _/ n0 L) z! v) ~　　A wagon train of chihuahuas snoozing by her slippers.
- F/ i- k# H  y$ Q  F. D　　You have anxious about a furniture… I do.
# E9 a. k1 U) W! @% Z　　But lately I've grown cold，
　　unconsoled by her extrasensory view.
+ m1 P7 L! X  t/ c  c- Y& A　　I think no need to speak-across
　　the black tabletop， I don't want to know
3 e7 A1 k1 O$ f6 f2 R　　if I'll find a bright city，
8 ?8 f8 J- r0 q' G. q2 ~1 r& r  q- J! V　　a room by the river，a love
　　I will recognize
+ k+ f" ^, i5 V4 X　　by her dragonfly
　　tattoo. O narrative of ether!
　　O non-refundable
　　life facts! say that what happens may not matter，
1 o* |4 s* O  a: M5 S% K　　or that it matters as any
8 E0 L, ]3 ?( ]3 r# M* V% s, k( l3 W9 ?　　story does when two fresh lovers
　　embrace the old pact
　　(her bra on the chair，
1 {# E0 {5 c6 A0 H7 Q- D2 Y　　his socks in the kitchen) that says
( {& r4 ^0 O2 n/ |' M/ K& i% W　　their love is level，
% n! y" P3 r- |" a. f2 g, b　　unfabled， new. Level with me，
) |# K0 ]3 i2 W( a+ q; `( n　　tell me why the dogs on the floor，
　　little moon fed hounds of Delphi， seem so over it，
5 O+ V6 H9 o* }2 T+ h6 l2 \　　so done with the fleas of destiny.
8 l' T$ T/ E1 A; D3 G- L8 x　　Maybe that's the right attitude，
　　no need to ask why I'm here on a perfectly blue Friday，
4 d, z- P4 q, c: S. D- n　　content with what the thin air，
　　what the dust motes in the light say near the high window.
7 l% E3 x. _; `: {8 z　　I should've learned that music long ago
　　O soundless number!
7 p1 s7 e4 k; \; o% n- l) y　　O jukebox of being that the dogs dream to!
8 f! r' L. ?9 H　　No faux crystal ball，
( `1 e1 s+ s  X. H3 m　　no tea leaves or terrace in the nether
　　reaches of my palm
! ~) ~0 m  U  [+ Y' W) v1 F2 t# E　　will make her answers
; Z+ P) d7 R8 W3 h' O　　less like hocus pocus in a purchased dark.
　　It's time to pay， to drive away
* E& C+ {% v0 @) A5 [　　from telepathic altitudes， to say adieu
　　to why love ends. How
) I2 J1 [, |% J4 x! A, I; q　　How a heart opens again.
4 f* t2 Z# O( x* ^/ X! l- }　　Why anything is true.
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