文章基本信息

标题：Chambers.
作者：Giles, John
期刊名称：The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
印刷版ISSN：1532-1118
出版年度：2008
期号：March
语种：English
出版社：Gay & Lesbian Review, Inc.

摘要：

 Chambers  The house loved my mother. When she slammed a door, The walls shook just for her. They were sympathetic To her cause, made certain I could hear her sobbing Through their skin. Her tears would leak Through the floor, And pool on the Ceiling, a damp stain In the shape of A continent That dripped On our heads. I thought, If I could smooth out The tangled blankets On my bed, then Maybe I could Make her happy. I have spent years Smoothing everything Into knots. I have grown Like ivy around a fence Of her construction, Have become a tangle Of coils, a labyrinth I do not wish to walk, And in my heart I carry A copy of the house, the Separate chambers pulsing Into one another, locked in The ebb and flow of blood.

Chambers.

Giles, John

Chambers

The house loved my mother.
When she slammed a door,
The walls shook just for her.
They were sympathetic
To her cause, made certain
I could hear her sobbing
Through their skin.
Her tears would leak
Through the floor,
And pool on the
Ceiling, a damp stain
In the shape of
A continent
That dripped
On our heads.
I thought,
If I could smooth out
The tangled blankets
On my bed, then
Maybe I could
Make her happy.
I have spent years
Smoothing everything
Into knots. I have grown
Like ivy around a fence
Of her construction,
Have become a tangle
Of coils, a labyrinth
I do not wish to walk,
And in my heart I carry
A copy of the house, the
Separate chambers pulsing
Into one another, locked in
The ebb and flow of blood.