The Emigrée Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
Q
Emigrée There once was
A
There once was a country… I left it as a child but my memory of it is sunlight-clear
2
Q
Emigré paperweight
A
it cannot break my original view, the bright filled paperweight.
3
Q
Emigrée It may be at war
A
It may be at war, it may be sick with tyrants, but I am branded by an impression of sunlight
4
Q
Emigrée tanks
A
time rolls its tanks and frontiers rise between us, close like waves.
5
Q
Emigrée docile as paper
A
It lies down in front of me, docile as paper; I comb its hair and love its shining eye.
6
Q
Emigrée evidence of sunlight
A
My city hides behind me. They mutter death, and my shadow falls as evidence of sunlight.
7
Q
Emigrée writer
A
Carol Rumens
