2024-04-06 International Firewalk Day 
【The Glass of Water (1942)】 Wallace Stevens (1879—1955) That the glass would melt in heat, That the water would freeze in cold, Shows that this object is merely a state, One of many, between two poles. So, In the metaphysical, there are these poles.
Here in the centre stands the glass. Light Is the lion that comes down to drink. There And in that state, the glass is a pool. Ruddy are his eyes and ruddy are his claws When light comes down to wet his frothy jaws
And in the water winding weeds move round. And there and in another state – the refractions, The metaphysica, the plastic parts of poems Crash in the mind – But, fat Jocundus, worrying About what stands here in the centre, not the glass,
But in the centre of our lives, this time, this day, It is a state, this spring among the politicians Playing cards. In a village of the indigenes, One would have still to discover. Among the dogs and dung, One would continue to contend with one's ideas. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《玻璃水杯》(1942)】 異鄉人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒) 【紅霞譯】 玻璃杯受熱會熔化， 水遇冷就會結冰， 表明物體的狀態所在， 眾多形式之一，介於兩極之間。因此， 抽象地說，就有這些極點。
玻璃杯放在中心。光束 是前來喝水的獅子。至此 以那種狀態，玻璃杯是水池。 他的眼睛紅通通而他的爪子赤艷艷 當光線照射下來他口吐唾沫時
水中雜草交錯縱橫。 至此以另一種狀態——折射、 形而上學、詩歌的可塑部分 在腦海碰撞——但是，逸樂胖子，惦念 處在中心的東西，而不是玻璃杯，
但以我們生活的中心，本次、這天， 所及狀態，今年春季為打牌的 政客所共有。在土著村落里， 人們仍待發現。在犬群與狗屎之間， 人們會繼續應對自己的理念。 【注】哥倫布“鴿子”環路緊鄰超奢華的億萬富豪街(Billionaires Row)與德意志銀行紐約總部或前時代華納“軍隊保護者”中心(Time Warner Center)，離美國自然歷史博物館、藝術與設計博物館不遠，既是紐約市最繁忙的交通樞紐之一，也是通往中央公園的主要大門。 近年來，因為西裔在美國社會政治地位的崛起，越來越多曾經深受西班牙統治的南美洲移民要求去除哥倫布塑像，以反對這位探險家所代表的野蠻、奴役、掠奪和壓迫的歷史，正所謂“文明”的代價，紐約當然也不例外。紐瓦克“新方舟”市長拉斯·胡阿·巴拉卡“和善·神慈·保佑”(Ras Jua Baraka)表示，拆除哥倫布雕像“不應被視為對意大利裔美國人社區的侮辱” 附註：紐約的哥倫布雕像是由意大利裔美籍社區捐贈的 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: Ornamental Arts in Central Park, NYC(紐約城·中央公園大眾藝術) 2024: Trump Tower of Belle Epoque, NYC(紐約城·今非昔比的川普大廈) 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)  Deutsche Bank Headquarters & Central Park Tower Aerially Viewed from the Edge
(從邊緣大廈俯瞰德意志銀行總部與中央公園大廈)  Time Warner Center & Trump Intl Hotel & Tower Viewed from the Pond of Central Park
(從中央公園池塘遠望時代華納中心與川普國際酒店及大廈)  Merchants' Gate Plaza, the Central Park Most Popular Entrance @ Columbus Circle
(倫布環路招商門廣場·中央公園最受歡迎的入口) 
Monument to Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) @ Columbus Circle w/ a Colossal Figure of Columbus atop w/ a Column Pierced by Three Boats, the Niña, the Pinta, & the Santa María, on a Pedestal Adorned w/ Commemorative Inscriptions & a Winged Figure Examining a Globe as Listed on the NRHP in 2018 (哥倫布環路上《基督承載者·哥倫布》紀念碑——刻有小女孩號、小男孩號和聖母號三艘船立柱的哥倫布雕像，基座上裝飾着紀念銘文和查看地球儀的帶翼人像，2018年被納入《美國國家史跡名錄》)  Sculpture of the Columbus Circle Globe
(雕塑《哥倫布環路地球儀》)  Trump International Hotel & Tower w/ Columbus Circle Globe
(川普國際酒店及大廈與哥倫布環路地球儀 04-06-2024) 
Deutsche Bank Center/Time Warner Ctr (德意志銀行中心即前時代華納中心) 
Central Park Place Condo against the Museum of Arts and Design @ 59 St (59街上中央公園公寓大廈與對面的藝術與設計博物館)  Worldwide Plaza on 8th Ave (第八大道上環球廣場)
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