Because the king　decrees that every Jew　must buy his wedding-right　in unsold porcelain　from the royal chinaworks，here he stands， an amorous Jew，　gazing at luminous　suns and moons arrayed　on doths of velvet-blue，earth that has married fire twice，　that has been shaped and named　for what it comprehends： sherbets， salads，gravies， desserts. He lifts a platter fine　as alabaster in cathedral windows：　salvation， the passage of light　through bone.

　　Ah， but　not for you， the store-man says.

　　Closeted， in shipping crates　are pieces no one else will buy　baboon fops in feathered caps，　　chimpanzees in petticoats.

　　Visitors will later testify，　his home was comfortable，　despite the china apes　peering from every corner.

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（编辑：王美娇）