the sailor who fell from the rigging
sheenagh pugh
he's a bone-hoard, laid
golden on the table,
piecemeal(零碎的) , dislocated(脱位的)
in the 1 hospital
at haslar, this casualty
from nelson's day. 2
a cup, eye-sockets empty
bezels(斜垫面) for aquamarine(海蓝宝石)
or jet. the carved vertebrae,
links in a polished chain
that has come unstrung
since, long ago, a man
fell, his limbs 3,
in that last instant
when limbs would do his bidding,
before every 4
of arms and legs splintered
on the deck; made a patient
of a 5. his scarred
bones were knitting together,
twisted, no doubt, awkward,
when the usual fever
sank him in the dark.
he is turned to treasure,
the 6' symmetrical fretwork(浮雕细工) ,
the pendant(垂饰) branches
of phalanges, the 7(蜿蜒的) torc
two clavicles make. riches
beyond price, broken past
restoring, such choice pieces
as cannot be replaced.