Kamikaze Flashcards
1
Q
Her father embarked at sunrise
A
with a flask of water, a samurai sword
2
Q
enough fuel for a one-way
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journey into history
3
Q
but half way there, she thought,
A
recounting it later to her children,
4
Q
he must have looked far down
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at the little fishing boats
strung out like bunting
5
Q
the dark shoals of fishes
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flashing silver as their bellies
swivelled towards the sun
6
Q
And though he came back
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my mother never spoke again
in his presence,
7
Q
nor did she meet his eyes
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and the neighbours too
8
Q
only we children still chattered and laughed
A
till gradually we too learned
to be silent,
9
Q
And sometimes, she said, he must have wondered
A
which had been the better way to die.
