The Mother’s Prayer for its Daughter

几天不来， 看到这么多好帖子。 额也念一个吧。  欢迎砖头。

 

The Mother’s Prayer for its Daughter

First, Lord: No tattoos. May neither the Chinese symbol for truth nor Winnie-

the-Pooh holding the FSU logo stain her tender haunches. May she be beautiful

but not damaged, for it’s the damage that draws the creepy soccer coach’s

eye, not the beauty. When the crystal meth is offered, may she remember the

parents who cut her grapes in half, and stick with beer.

Lead her away from acting, but not all the way to finance - something where

she can make her own hours but still feel intellectually fulfilled and get outside

sometimes and not have to wear high heels. What would that be, Lord?

Architecture, midwifery, golf course design? I’m asking you because if I knew,

I’d be doing it, youdammit.

May she play the drums to the fiery rhythm of her own hearts with the sinewy

strength of her own arms, so she need not lie with drummers. Oh Lord, break

the Internet forever, that she may be spared the misspelled invective of her

peers and the online marketing campaign for “Rape Hostel V: Girls Just Wanna

Get Stabbed.”

And when she one day turns on me and calls me a ***** in front of Hollister,

give me strength, Lord, to yank her directly into a cab in front of her friends,

for I will not have that nonsense. I will not have it.

所有跟帖： 

• 凑个热闹，来个虎妈版 -肖庄- ♀ (1753 bytes) () 04/17/2011 postreply 10:28:44

• The loveliest part is: "youdammit". :-) -肖庄- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/17/2011 postreply 10:32:09

• 读的好～效果也好，sony recorder~ -千与.千寻- ♀ (220 bytes) () 04/17/2011 postreply 12:18:56

• 没用sony recorder。 -肖庄- ♀ (417 bytes) () 04/17/2011 postreply 15:17:38

• 恩，觉得京北读得节奏好一些。 -非文学青年- ♀ (58 bytes) () 04/17/2011 postreply 23:07:13

• 嗯哪，主要怪我忘了跟他PK. ：-） -肖庄- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/17/2011 postreply 23:55:00

• Wonderful. Just one word "fiery", the "i" should sound like the -jingbeiboy- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/18/2011 postreply 13:23:42

• I feel guilty -肖庄- ♀ (272 bytes) () 04/18/2011 postreply 15:42:09

• 读的好，真好！文章也好！ -千与.千寻- ♀ (2452 bytes) () 04/17/2011 postreply 12:52:57

• 哈哈，懂了，那就是说我的还远不止两个错儿！ -肖庄- ♀ (52 bytes) () 04/17/2011 postreply 15:40:29

• 京北读得真好！ -非文学青年- ♀ (147 bytes) () 04/17/2011 postreply 23:04:40

• 好像英国一些地方she是读"西"的，因为当年学英语的时候我老师就是让读“西” -千与.千寻- ♀ (281 bytes) () 04/18/2011 postreply 06:30:26

• Right on, thanks. -jingbeiboy- ♂ (446 bytes) () 04/18/2011 postreply 13:34:04

• my two cents -maomaocat- ♂ (332 bytes) () 04/20/2011 postreply 21:55:57