somewhat synonymously

"Somewhat Synonymously," December 21, 2022 (#355)

original title

Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín (2009)

Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem (1999)

last line from Mother! (2017)

Somewhat Synonymously

Having the same friends and neighbours, the same routines in the same

plastic blue whale suspended from the ceiling, which had been the focus,

cost more than she had in mind, but she came back the next day and bought

the suitcase, then held the other open and stepped into it, careful not to

not know how to do the steps. They found a group who were standing in

the nearest doorman’s suit breast. He darted back, scowling. But they

have to pray for her when I get back but I couldn't follow the prayers at

pressure from all sides, the goons everywhere, my echolalia provoked

by people from the town, especially when the tempo of the music was

my soda and chips in a large bag with the paper-wrapped sandwiches

carrying two glasses of lemonade. They’re filled very much to the brim.

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