Death of a Cat Flashcards
1
Q
His
A
nightmare rocked the house
2
Q
no one woke
A
accustomed to the heart’s disturbances.
3
Q
under the
A
apple tree where fruit fattens in green clusters
4
Q
Black and white
A
fur perfect except where soil fell or where small blood seeped.
5
Q
between the
A
needles of her teeth in the cracked china of her bones
6
Q
two mourners
A
held a wake at dawn on a compost heap (her special place)
7
Q
yowling
A
to wake the sleeping and to stop the heart
8
Q
considering animal mysteries
A
the otherness of pain
