Cheryl T. Davidow
雪柔-德威都
Cheryl T. Davidow is a former modern dancer, and has worked as an editor for the American Medical Association in Chicago and the Rosen Publishing Group in New York. Her dance reviews have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Evanston Beacon, and Performing Arts Journal. She has published three books for young adults and a story in Highlights for Children.
德威都曾是个现代舞者，在美国医学协会担任编辑工作。她的舞蹈评论发表在《芝加哥论坛报》及《表演艺术杂志》等刊物上。她出版过三本为青少年写的书。
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非马
William Marr (Fei Ma)
诗人非马出版有十四本诗集 （除《秋窗 》是英文外，其它都是中文）以及几本翻译，包括双语诗选《让盛宴开始──我喜爱的英文诗》。他还编选出版了几本台湾及中国现代诗选。他是前任伊利诺州诗人协会的会长，现居芝加哥。
William Marr (Fei Ma) is the author of fourteen books of poetry (all in his native Chinese language except Autumn Window which is in English) and several books of translations, including the bilingual anthology Let the Feast Begin—My Favorite English Poems. He has also edited and published several anthologies of contemporary Taiwanese and Chinese poetry. A longtime resident of Chicago, he served from 1993 to 1995 as the president of the Illinois State Poetry Society.
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Three hundred fifty-four applicants
for a job that won't pay the rent
We line up like factory workers
Our numbers pierced by matching silver safety pins
Send in the clowns?
It's time for the monkeys to perform
Which rabbit should I pull out of my hat today?
Do I have the right trick up my sleeve
or down my blouse?
Am I your type?
Is there room for me in your toolbox?
Are you looking for a screwdriver or a sledgehammer?
Right size wrong shape
Right shape wrong color
Right color wrong model
Right model wrong size
Did my ankle wobble?
Did my voice waver?
Weren't my leg and my jumps and my high C
high enough?
Am I qualified to be a tiny piece of your jigsaw
or don't my pieces fit?
Maybe one day we'll change places
and you can entertain me with your own net-free high-wire act
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三百五十四位应征者
为一个不够付房租的工作
我们像工厂工人般排起队
我们的号码被银色的别针刺穿
把小丑们叫进来
是猴子们表演的时候了
今天我该从我帽子里拉出哪一只兔子?
我袖子里或衬衫下有合式的把戏吗?
我是你的类型吗?
你的工具箱里有容纳我的空位吗?
你找的是螺丝起子或大铁锤?
尺寸对了形状错
形状对了颜色错
颜色对了型式错
型式对了尺寸错
我的脚踝晃动吗?
我的声音游移吗?
我的腿我的跳跃我的音调是否
都不够高?
我是否够格成为你拼图中的一小块
或者我的小块格格不入?
或者有一天我们交换一下位置
你便能用你的无网高钢索表演来娱乐我
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