Head On A Stick 03
木棍上的头颅 03

她从车的外后视镜里目送他远去，直到再也看不到为止，当然这段时间很短。看起来他像被夜幕吞噬一般，女孩内心深处不禁想，他选这条路是多么的愚蠢，同时她希望男孩能晚一点回来，这样她就能好好的睡一觉了。

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Head On A Stick
木棍上的头颅
She watched him in the side mirror
for as long as she could see him,
which wasn't very long at all,
he seemed swallowed by the night
and she thought in the back of her mind
how stupid he was to take this road,
and hoped he would take a while
so she could get some decent shut eye.
While happily drifting off to sleep,
she wondered if he'd be back before dawn,
and also how on earth he would find help
when they had seen no traffic on the main road anyhow.
STARTLED, she awoke suddenly.
"what was that?!",
sleepy confusion was fogging her thoughts
as she shook her head with the distinct impression
that something had happened while she was asleep,
something that woke her but now had passed or stopped.
Peering out the windscreen
and into the side mirror all she could see was darkness,
darkness and more darkness.
The night was as quiet as anything,
hadn't she heard night noises before?
why on earth was it so still and quiet now,
surely something must of woken me!
On edge and feeling cold
and shaky from being pulled from such a deep sleep,
she now wished she had of noted the time
when her boyfriend had gone for help.
Checking her watch it seemed as though dawn
was about to break through the trees at any moment.
It was now 4.30am.
When did he go? Must of been around 2.00am
or 2.30 am surely?
her mind started flipping backwards to see
if it could conjure up the memory
of exactly what time he had left for help.
"Well whatever time it was,
it was ages ago
and he should be coming back pretty soon",
she quietly admitted to herself.

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the side mirror
the rear-view mirror
in the back of one's mind / at the back of one's mind
She thought in the back of her mind
how stupid he was to take this road.
shut-eye  睡眠
get some decent shuteye
peer  凝视，盯着看，费力地看
peer at the traffic lights
peer / peek / peep
peek  偷看
peep  偷看
as … as anything
very
The night was as quiet as anything.
He is as fat as anything.
Surely something must of woken me!
She now wished she had of noted the time
when her boyfriend had gone for help.
Must of been around 2.00am or 2.30 am surely?
of
have
of
have
wish
must have done
on edge  紧张不安地
conjure up  想象、想出
ages
I haven't seen you for ages.
She watched him in the side mirror
for as long as she could see him,
which wasn't very long at all,
he seemed swallowed by the night
and she thought in the back of her mind
how stupid he was to take this road,
and hoped he would take a while
so she could get some decent shut eye.
While happily drifting off to sleep,
she wondered if he'd be back before dawn,
and also how on earth he would find help
when they had seen no traffic on the main road anyhow.
STARTLED, she awoke suddenly.
"what was that?!",
sleepy confusion was fogging her thoughts
as she shook her head with the distinct impression
that something had happened while she was asleep,
something that woke her but now had passed or stopped.
Peering out the windscreen
and into the side mirror all she could see was darkness,
darkness and more darkness.
The night was as quiet as anything,
hadn't she heard night noises before?
why on earth was it so still and quiet now,
surely something must of woken me!
On edge and feeling cold
and shaky from being pulled from such a deep sleep,
she now wished she had of noted the time
when her boyfriend had gone for help.
Checking her watch it seemed as though dawn
was about to break through the trees at any moment.
It was now 4.30am.
When did he go? Must of been around 2.00am
or 2.30 am surely?
her mind started flipping backwards to see
if it could conjure up the memory
of exactly what time he had left for help.
"Well whatever time it was,
it was ages ago
and he should be coming back pretty soon",
she quietly admitted to herself.