Kessler's Coffin Factory　　Ogden Avenue, Jersey City　　Hot days the workers　　threw open the shop doors　　and the neighborhood buzzed(发出嗡嗡声)　　with the rip of their saws　　through the seasoned planks　　of walnut(胡桃) , birch(桦树) , and maple.

　　Pine shavings piled inches　　deep on the floor oozed sap　　over the steel-toes of the aproned(围裙) man　　who stood hours turning scrollwork　　while near him another burnished　　stacks of brass cornices and grips,　　and the friendliest, saddled　　with a sagging belt of hammers,　　mouth bristling with nails,　　tacked nameplates(铭牌) and sterling crucifixes　　to each finished box,　　some nearly as long as grandfather's rowboat,　　others barely big enough　　to hold sister's talking doll,　　and after our fathers drove off　　to the grind of the second shift　　leaving their wives leaning out　　windows to tend twisted lines of wash,　　we kids on the sidewalk　　slapped balls and double-dutched　　through the vapor-stink of curing varnish(亮光漆)　　while over our heads the empty sleeves　　and pant legs flapped when our mothers　　pulley-squealed them closer　　through pitched beams of light　　already clogged with dust.

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