／paludatus

remind me of wilde's saying," one would like to know everying about his new friends, and nothing about his old ones."(paraphrase)

========================================= 揣测此处“peer down the throat of your silence”中“peer”似作“仔细端详”之解，而非音似的那个“pierce”？感觉“peer down”中的“down”，有临深渊俯瞰的气象（可以想象诗人面对着状若吞噬的“深喉”）；此外，若“peer” 作“端详”之解，似乎与其后一句中“read”更合一契？ “sockets”作“凹穴”之译确实已十分准确，只是此间似乎尚有玩味余地： 固然“socket”本作“凹穴”（artificial or natural），有了灯泡一物才有了“插座”这一扩充词义，“eye socket”（眼