主题：English doggerel (英语打油诗）

 

THESE ARE ENTRIES TO A WASHINGTON POST COMPETITION ASKING FOR A TWO-LINE RHYME WITH THE MOST ROMANTIC FIRST LINE, BUT THE LEAST ROMANTIC SECOND LINE:

My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife:
Marrying you screwed up my life.

I see your face when I am dreaming.
That's why I always wake up screaming.

Kind, intelligent, loving and hot;
This describes everything you are not.

Love may be beautiful, love may be bliss,
But I only slept with you 'cause I was pissed.

I thought that I could love no other --
that is until I met your brother.

Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you.
But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar bowl's empty and so is your head.

I want to feel your sweet embrace;
But don't take that paper bag off your face.

I love your smile, your face, and your eyes -
Damn, I'm good at telling lies!

My feelings for you no words can tell,
Except for maybe "Go to hell."

 

 

May you always have enough HUMOR.

 

 

then, why did he marry her?

 

and I am not sure about the meaning of the following sentence:

 

But don't take that paper bag off your face.

答：

(1)  作者可能没有后悔与太太结婚。只是凭空想象诗句。是为了应比赛规则要求第一句子需要描写浪漫而第二句则要求极端相反意。

(2) 在美语slangs中， 假如称女子为"Two-bagger" 那就是说她长得非常非常难看，男人与她欢好时有需要两个袋子。一个用来把她头部罩上被免进行亲热时看到她容貌而扫兴。为了确保因意外女子有可能会把头上的袋弄开，他还需要另外一个袋来把自己眼睛盖住呢。i.e.  She is a two-bagger that's when you put a bag over your head in case the bag over her comes off.  这是一个极大诋毁女子的美语slang.

I want to feel your sweet embrace;
But don't take that paper bag off your face.作者暗示对方长得丑。

 

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