Havisham Flashcards
1
Q
Beloved sweetheart…
A
Beloved sweetheart bastard. Not a day since then, I haven’t wished him dead.
2
Q
So hard…
A
So hard I have dark green pebbles for eyes, ropes on the back of my hands I could strangle.
3
Q
Spinster…
A
Spinster. I stink and remember.
4
Q
Whole days…
A
Whole days in bed cawing nooooo at the wall;
5
Q
Puce…
A
Puce curses that are sounds not words.
6
Q
Some nights…
A
Some nights better, the lost body over me, my fluent tongue in its mouth in its ear then down till I suddenly bite awake.
7
Q
Give me..
A
Give me a male corpse for a long slow honeymoon. Don’t think it’s only the heart that b-b-b-breaks.
