The Emigree Flashcards
Carol Rumens
1
Q
‘It may…’
A
‘It may be at war, it may be sick with tyrants’
2
Q
‘But I am…’
A
‘But I am branded by an impression of sunlight’
3
Q
‘I left it…’
A
‘I left it as a child but my memory of it is sunlight-clear’
4
Q
‘It tastes…’
A
‘It tastes of sunlight’
5
Q
‘but my city…’
A
‘but my city comes to me in its own white plane. It lies down in front of me, docile as paper’
6
Q
‘My city takes…’
A
‘My city takes me dancing through the city of walls’
7
Q
‘They mutter…’
A
‘They mutter death, and my shadow falls as evidence of sunlight.’
