For years I dreamed of having the sort of massive oak slab that would dominate a room—no more child's desk in a trailer laundry-closet, no more cramped kneehole in a rented house.
多年以来,我一直梦想那种巨橡木板做
书桌,占据书
最显要
位置——再也不必
车屋
洗衣台上,再也不必
租来
子里憋屈着膝盖。