精美英文小诗：Lake Como

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　　The searchlight of a February moon
　　at the end of the street
" N! [7 a3 {$ N- t3 y- d! z9 J3 E　　bare trees black railing
- ?6 i. g8 H4 v0 a/ ^% P+ g0 A　　an eastern star set like a pearl atop a steeple
　　that shadows the doorway
! k- U  G6 C( u　　where the one-armed card shark squats
, I+ i" F* {( K" O" q1 s　　shuffling his deck on a milk crate
　　waiting for the No. 6 bus to discharge
　　the off-duty cop the seamstress
( u* I0 {2 q, l$ U# o　　the drunken mechanic and the clerk on crutches
　　who pauses before his building to watch
　　the mechanic lose three dollars at blackjack
　　and then stiffly ascends the five flights
( Z) z. H8 G4 j* K) J　　to his two rooms on a shaftway
% ?' a* J" f9 |　　hanging his coat on a hook
　　and sitting down at the table
　　on which this morning he placed
. z8 m2 A% e6 B; T* j　　a soup bowl and spoon
& z' P' \% l8 t5 R0 U　　a tin of crackers and the crossword
　　puzzle he had been laboring over
　　beneath the gaze of his late wife
　　her color photograph propped up in a small frame
# w/ A$ ]% W2 \) I, b$ L, T　　a young woman in a boxy dress and felt cap
　　waving shyly by the edge of a lake
　　where over her shoulder beneath a clear sky
7 d& ]7 y, Q$ G: ~6 U  s3 B　　a sailboat rides the wind
3 @% l. U7 u/ S* p　　passengers on the polished deck
4 J  l$ _8 `; V% @　　gazing at the glowing mountain peaks
+ f# C/ ^. a5 z- N5 I　　the cypresses lining the shore
　　and the pink palazzi with ancient gardens
　　these men and women in white
　　who seem to live upon the water
2 {! p  n6 M! a# G  W8 L  r& C: u　　gliding among themselves oblivious to strife
8 Q4 t. f8 D8 m  y! n8 w+ Y　　and all else that wears a body down
　　some sipping from crystal goblets
8 S: e8 N6 y  z1 w' k  ^) y2 ]　　others just drinking in the light
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