When police raid a house in El Paso, they find it full of dead Latinos, and only one survivor. He’s known as The Traveler, and when they take him to the station for questioning he tells them those lands are full of magic and talks about the horrors he’s encountered in his long time on this earth, about portals to other worlds, mythical creatures, demons and the undead. Stories about Latin American legends.在诗中, 由于诗人使客观物象的勾绘和主体情感的抒发取得了呼应与平衡,使众多的意象按情感发展的层次进行合成,故省略了连接性的环节,显得突兀和跳脱,看似毫无逻辑,实际上诗人是将心理逻辑作为诗的内在结构。情感与物象的杂揉,打破了一般画面的视觉具体性,通过闪烁多变的形象转换,衬托出诗人的复杂心态,显出一种舒缓有致的节奏感和多层次的立体交叉结构。
这首诗传达出了诗人深重的忧患和对人性的深刻理解; 在艺术上表现出所受英国现代诗人(如T·S·艾略特等) 的影响, 显示了诗人的卓越才能。
