If “Just Kids was about starting out as an artist and setting forth in the world, “M Train feelsmore like a look at the past through a rearview mirror. Ms. Smith writes of feeling “a longingfor the way things were. She writes about ghosts drawing us away from the present. Shewrites about singing “What a Wonderful World for Fred at his memorial service and she writesabout realizing that she is now older than Fred when he died — and older than many of herdeparted friends.

如果说《只是孩子》是关于她作为艺术家的起点，以及她如何在这个世界上启程，《M列车》更像是通过后视镜对自己的过去做一次回望。史密斯写出了“对事物本来面目的怀念;写出幽魂如何指引我们暂且离开当下的时光;她写到在弗莱德的追思会上为他唱起《多么美好的世界》(What a Wonderful World);写到她发现自己已经比弗莱德去世时年长、比自己所有英年早逝的朋友去世时都要年长时的心情。

“I’m going to remember everything, she thinks, “and then I’m going to write it all down. Anaria to a coat. A requiem for a cafe. An eloquent — and a deeply moving — elegy for whatshe has “lost and cannot find but can remember in words.

“我要记住一切，她想，“然后我要把它们都写下来：一首风衣的咏叹调，一支咖啡屋的安魂曲。最终，她带来了这曲意味深长而又深切动人的哀歌，那些“失落了就难以寻回的东西，却可以通过文字被永远铭记。

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