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• An Ordinary Day in New Haven
• David Cappella

I

Today, when air is heavy, thick with over-ripened thoughts,with the smell of sea lightly tingeing it with a salty taste of languor,the apocalypse unfolds. As I walk the bustling streets of New Haven,packed with sidewalk rug sales, the haunting notes from a blues harp,and oblivious college students, cell-phoned into their deluded worlds,the apocalypse seeps into the haze, some milky sidewalk spillage.

II

This late summer, languid day: sweat beads my forehead,trickles down my spine. The legs are slow. To walkis cumbersome and awkward; it grinds my breath.Yet summer holds on. The day, a gift, stultifies the mind.The footsteps of shoppers on the concrete impendthe unknown. The apocalypse wafts in the smellof fresh croissants, stares out from the titles of booksthat line bookstore windows, cascades with the coffeethat streams from the espresso machine in Starbuck's.Customers, intent to read the newspaper, take notes,have a conversation, see nothing much outside themselves.This day is shirtsleeves, shorts, and sandals, a dayto imagine lying on the beach while not at the beach.The trees are turning, ever so slowly: right nowa maple leaf falls—a scorched hand, dry, reddish brown—before me. What is left: car keys, the distant, eerie soundof a car alarm, the quiet fright of a trivial life,a portent that will blossom in vivid color at sunset. [End Page 118]

David Cappella Plainville, Connecticut Copyright © 2021 Johns Hopkins University Press ...

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纽黑文的平凡一天

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• 纽黑文的平凡一天
• 戴维·卡佩拉

一世

如今，当空气沉重，思想沉重，海洋气味淡淡，带有咸淡的languor味时，启示逐渐展开。当我走在纽黑文（New Haven）熙熙streets的街道上时，到处都是人行道地毯销售，蓝调竖琴的困扰音和忘却的大学生，被手机打入迷幻的世界，启示录渗入阴霾，有些乳白色的人行道溢出。

II

那个夏末，忧郁的日子：汗水珠着我的额头，trick着我的脊椎。腿很慢。走路既笨拙又笨拙。它磨碎了我的呼吸。然而夏天仍在继续。礼物是一天，充斥着心灵。购物者在混凝土上的脚步声将未知。世界末日的香气弥漫在新鲜羊角面包的香气中，从书店橱窗旁的书名中脱颖而出，与从星巴克咖啡机中流出的咖啡流淌而下。想要阅读报纸，做笔记，进行交谈，看不到外面东西的顾客。这一天是衬衫袖，短裤和凉鞋，想像一下躺在沙滩上而不是躺在沙滩上的一天。树木在转弯，步伐是如此之慢：现在，一片枫叶在我面前落下-一只灼热的手，干燥，红褐色。剩下的就是：汽车钥匙，汽车警报器发出的遥远而诡异的声音，微不足道的生活的宁静恐惧，预兆在日落时会绽放出鲜艳的色彩。[完第118页]

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