文章基本信息

标题：Who-man.
作者：Gross, Philip
期刊名称：NATE Classroom
印刷版ISSN：1753-6162
出版年度：2011
期号：March
语种：English
出版社：National Association for the Teaching of English

摘要：

 Who-man   Mud-man mask with a snaggle of teeth:  who?  Sawn-off stocking-head knuckle-faced thief:  who?  Death-mask of gold in a high king's tomb  and the mask of the skull that grins beneath:  but whose  are the eyes,  the eyes inside?  Can they see you?   Hallowe'en fang-face trick or treat:  who?  Eye-holes snipped in your parents' sheet:  who?   Night inside and the thud of your blood  like a skin-tight drum begins to beat:  But whose  are the eyes,  the eyes inside,  the eyes that hide?  It can't be you.   Visor of a biker or the riot police:  who?  Whiteface clown dripping tears of grease:  who?  Images reflected in a film star's shades.  A false friend's smile. (That's last, not least.)  And whose  are the eyes,  the eyes inside,  the eyes that hide  in hurt or hate or fear or pride?  What do they want? And who?

Who-man.

Gross, Philip

Who-man

 Mud-man mask with a snaggle of teeth:
 who?
 Sawn-off stocking-head knuckle-faced thief:
 who?
 Death-mask of gold in a high king's tomb
 and the mask of the skull that grins beneath:
 but whose
 are the eyes,
 the eyes inside?
 Can they see you?

 Hallowe'en fang-face trick or treat:
 who?
 Eye-holes snipped in your parents' sheet:
 who?

 Night inside and the thud of your blood
 like a skin-tight drum begins to beat:
 But whose
 are the eyes,
 the eyes inside,
 the eyes that hide?
 It can't be you.

 Visor of a biker or the riot police:
 who?
 Whiteface clown dripping tears of grease:
 who?
 Images reflected in a film star's shades.
 A false friend's smile. (That's last, not least.)
 And whose
 are the eyes,
 the eyes inside,
 the eyes that hide
 in hurt or hate or fear or pride?
 What do they want? And who?

Philip Gross (from The All-Nite Cafe)