Originally Flashcards
1
Q
“We came…”
A
“We came from our own country in a red room”
2
Q
“One of…”
A
“One of them bawling, Home, Home”
3
Q
“I stared…”
A
“I stared at the eyes of a blind toy, holding its paw.”
4
Q
“All childhood…”
A
“All childhood is an emigration. Some are slow… Others are sudden.”
5
Q
“My parents’…”
A
“My parents’ anxiety stirred like a loose tooth in my head. I want our own country, I said.”
6
Q
“But then…”
A
“But then you forget, or don’t recall, or change, and, seeing your brother swallow a slug, feel only a self of shame.”
7
Q
“I remember…”
A
“I remember my tongue shedding its skin like a snake, my voice in the classroom sounding just like the rest.”
8
Q
“Now, where…”
A
“Now, where do you come from? strangers ask. Originally? And I hesitate”
