the slant 倾斜

a building settling around me 一个建筑在我身边定居

my figure female framed crookedly 我的身材的女性诬陷歪

in the threshold 在该阈值

of the room 房间的

door scraping floorboards 车门刮地板

with every opening 每开

carving a rough history 雕刻粗糙的历史

of bedroom scenes 的卧室场景

the plot hard to follow 剧情难追

the text obscured 文字模糊不清

in the fields of sheets 在片材的场

slowly gathering the stains 慢慢聚集的污渍

of seasons spent lying there 四季花躺在那里

red and brown 红色和棕色

like leaves fallen 像叶子下降

the colors of an eternal cycle 永恒循环的颜色

fading with the 与衰落

wash cycle 洗涤周期

and the rinse cycle 和漂洗周期

again an unfamiliar smell 又是一个陌生的气味

like my name misspelled 就像我的名字拼错

or misspoken 或misspoken

a cycle broken 打破了循环

the sound of them strong 他们的声音强

stalking talking about their prey 跟踪谈论他们的猎物

like the way hammer meets nail 喜欢的方式满足锤子钉

pounding, they say 冲击，他们说

pounding out the rhythms of attraction 捣出吸引力的节奏

like a woman was a drum like a body was a weapon 像女人就像一个身体鼓是一种武器

like there was something more they wanted 像有更多的东西，他们希望

than the journey 比之旅

like it was owed to them 就像是欠他们的

steel toed they walk 钢趾他们走

and I'm wondering why this fear of men 我不知道为什么这种恐惧的男人

maybe it's because I'm hungry 也许是因为我饿了

and like a baby I'm dependent on them 而像婴儿一样，我依赖于他们

to feed me 喂我

I am a work in progress 我是一个进展中的工作

dressed in the fabric of a world unfolding 身着世界布展开

offering me intricte patterns of questions 提供我的问题intricte模式

rhythms that never come clean 节奏，永远不会全盘托出

and strengths that you still haven't seen 和长处，你还没有见过