sung in the stillness of the stone
"Sung in the Stillness of the Stone," May 31, 2022 (#151)
title from Pilgermann by Russell Hoban (1983)
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh (2015)
Corregidora by Gayl Jones (1975)
Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid (1985)
Sung in the Stillness of the Stone
In that foppish approximation of decency, that adult costume,
I got up and went to the bedroom. I didn't feel like getting evil
to see me eat something that was so good for me, and she would tell
too much. I did the same thing later on in life, when I drank with
no warm ones, only bruised ones, not even bruised ones. No seeds
using a coaxing method to just throwing me without a word into the
empty suitcase to carry the clothes I'd take off once I got on the
land to live on. But it didn't turn out that way
after they had loaded up the donkeys with the provisions
as an expression of compliance--mouth pulled flat, eyes
imaginary leavin or real leavin. But I was still sitting there
without ever really trying hard, so I had nothing much to worry about.
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