文章基本信息

标题：1. First Sighting: Rochester, New York, Age Three.
作者：Lowery, Janet
期刊名称：Christianity and Literature
印刷版ISSN：0148-3331
出版年度：2014
期号：January
语种：English
出版社：Sage Publications, Inc.

摘要：

 1. First Sighting: Rochester, New York, Age Three     In the backyard lot on Rowley Street, we    play catch: my father, pregnant mother, sister,    brother, and I. A few fat drops of rain    fall, splash leaves, twigs, stones, dust, us. We line up    to climb up back porch steps. I loiter there    behind my mother, she, who fails to note    my buster-browns' slow ascent to the door.    Falling out of place from the exit in,    I arch my neck, strain my eye, try to find    high up in the sky the miraculous    root of a water bead. The heavens part,    clouds billow open, and the son of man    appears between stormy masses. He winks    a full-of-knowing look at me. The clouds    reassemble; he's gone. My father stands    behind the screen door to call me into    our house of shadows. I wonder: should I    tell the man I love the most, I saw Christ    wink from heaven? On cue: lightning, thunder.

1. First Sighting: Rochester, New York, Age Three.

Lowery, Janet

1. First Sighting: Rochester, New York, Age Three

   In the backyard lot on Rowley Street, we
   play catch: my father, pregnant mother, sister,
   brother, and I. A few fat drops of rain
   fall, splash leaves, twigs, stones, dust, us. We line up
   to climb up back porch steps. I loiter there
   behind my mother, she, who fails to note
   my buster-browns' slow ascent to the door.
   Falling out of place from the exit in,
   I arch my neck, strain my eye, try to find
   high up in the sky the miraculous
   root of a water bead. The heavens part,
   clouds billow open, and the son of man
   appears between stormy masses. He winks
   a full-of-knowing look at me. The clouds
   reassemble; he's gone. My father stands
   behind the screen door to call me into
   our house of shadows. I wonder: should I
   tell the man I love the most, I saw Christ
   wink from heaven? On cue: lightning, thunder.