2024-04-06 National Student-Athlete Day 
【The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad (1921)】 Wallace Stevens (1879—1955) The time of year has grown indifferent. Mildew of summer and the deepening snow Are both alike in the routine I know: I am too dumbly in my being pent.
The wind attendant on the solstices Blows on the shutters of the metropoles, Stirring no poet in his sleep, and tolls The grand ideas of the villages.
The malady of the quotidian ... Perhaps if summer ever came to rest* And lengthened, deepened, comforted, caressed* Through days like oceans in obsidian*
Horizons, full of night's midsummer blaze;* Perhaps, if winter once could penetrate Through all its purples to the final slate, Persisting bleakly in an icy haze;
One might in turn become less diffident, Out of such mildew plucking neater mould And spouting new orations of the cold. One might. One might. But time will not relent. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《喉嚨不好的人》(1921)】 異鄉人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒) 【紅霞譯】 歲月已淡。 夏天的發霉和變厚的積雪 在我所知的日常中相差無幾： 我被壓抑得愚不可及。
隨夏至而來的風， 吹着大都市的百葉窗， 沒有詩人夢中醒來，喚起 村莊的宏偉構想。
日常生活中的弊害…… 也許，如果夏天停住* 並延長、深化、告慰、愛撫* 日子像黑曜石的*
海平面，徹夜的仲夏火焰；* 也許，如果冬天一旦穿透 全部的紫色直到最終的暗藍灰色， 在冰冷的陰霾中無望地堅持；
人可能相應地變得不那麼膽怯， 從如此菌群里拔出較為整潔的霉孢 並高談闊論寒冷天氣。 人會的。人會的。但時間不動憐憫之心。 *1931年版本取消了底線標出的部分。 【注】1983年落成的川普大廈曾經是唐納德·川普“世界首領·小號商”(Donald Trump)房地產帝國皇冠上閃耀的明珠，如今卻由於諸多原因導致公寓銷售下降而成為曼哈頓“弓島”為數不多的最不受歡迎的豪華房產之一。自2021年起，川普集團失去其擁有權，現已轉讓給通用汽車金融服務公司(General Motors Acceptance Corporation or GMAC)。 也許性格使然，川普大廈被視為極其奢華富麗甚至自命不凡，是炫耀性消費的世外桃源。如果用酒品評判建築，那麼其室內設計並不像高端的凱歌香檳(Veuve Clicquot)，反倒更像普通的麥芽酒(Malt Liquor)。業界認為，川普大廈的中庭彰顯招搖，到處都是昂貴的精品店和華麗的黃銅，幾乎沒有空間可以閒逛，但仍不失為富裕購物者的夢幻樂園。 The golden age was never the present age. Today in History(歷史上的今天): 2024: 3-Michelin-Starred Per Se, NYC(紐約城米其林三星·本身法式餐廳) 2024: Columbus Circle, NYC(紐約城·鴿子環島) 2024: Ornamental Arts in Central Park, NYC(紐約城·中央公園大眾藝術) 2024: Herald Square, Newspaper Row in NYC(紐約城報社街區·先驅廣場) 2024: New York Public Library Main Branch-II(紐約公共圖書館主分館·內藏) 2024: New York Public Library Main Branch-I(紐約公共圖書館主分館·外觀) 2016: Third Marking Period of Seventh Grade(初二第三學制) 2013: Santa Cruz Island, Ecuador(厄瓜多爾十字架島) 2012: 佛州迪斯尼世界神奇王國(Walt Disney Magic Kingdom, FL) 2011: 埃及尼羅河遊輪(Cruising on the Nile, Egypt) 2011: 埃及寶石雙神廟(Twin Temples of Abu Simbel, Egypt) 2011: 埃及愛島神廟(Philae Temple—Isis, Osiris, and Horus, EGY) 
Expensive Boutiques & Gaudy Brass Everywhere, One of NYC's Least-Desirable Luxury Bldgs in Manhattan (紐約曼哈頓最不受歡迎的豪華房產之一·充滿奢華的精品店和華麗的黃銅) 
Massive Gilded Clock Installed Without NYC's Permission (未經紐約市府許可安裝的巨型鍍金時鐘)  Trump Tower on 5th Ave
(第五大道上的川普大廈 08-29-2012)  Gucci beneath Tree Balcony (綠樹陽台下古馳“微小”店)
Clock in Front by Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church by Trump Tower (川普大廈前第五大道長老會教堂與時鐘 04-06-2024) 
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in Gothic Revival (1875) (第五大道長老會教堂·建造於1875年哥特復興式)
 Ostentatious Atrium (招搖的中庭 04-06-2024)
 Fantasyland for the Affluent Shopper w/ Xanadu of Conspicuous Consumption
(富裕購物者的夢幻樂園·炫耀性消費的世外桃源) 
45 Wine & Whiskey (Formerly Trump Bar) Literally Pays an Ode to Donald Trump (45屆葡萄酒與威士忌“生命之水”即舊時的川普酒吧·字面意義上向前美國第45屆總統致敬 04-06-2024) 
Waterfall in the Atrium, Preposterously Lavish Showy, Even Pretentious (中庭瀑布·極其奢華炫耀，甚至自命不凡)
Full Body Enactments Performed by Trump Clown in Front of Trump Tower on 5th Avenue (第五大道上川普大廈前的川普小丑表演·全身表演)  Bodily Quoting Enactments Performed by Trump Clown
(第五大道上川普大廈前的川普小丑表演·身體引用) 
Gestural Reenactments Performed by Trump Clown (第五大道上川普大廈前的川普小丑表演·手勢重演) 
Pantomime by Trump Clown (川普小丑·啞劇) Crosslinks(相關博文): USA·New York(美國·紐約州)
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