Mrs Midas Flashcards
“I’d just…
…pored a glass of wine, begun / to unwind, while the vegetables cooked.”
“He was…
…standing under the pear tree snapping a twig.”
“but that twig…
…in his hand was gold.”
“like a…
…lightbulb. On.”
“Is he…
…putting fairy lights in the tree?”
“like a king…
…on a burnished throne”
“The look…
…on his face was strange, wild, vain.”
“He started…
…to laugh.”
“the teeth…
…of the rich”
“I served…
…up the meal.”
“I poured…
…with a shaking hand”
“It was then…
…that I started to scream.”
“I finished…
…the wine / on my own”
“on the other…
…side of the room and keep his hands to himself.”
“Look, we all…
…have wishes; granted. / But who has wishes granted?Him.”
“Separate…
…beds”
“We’d a…
…caravan in the wilds”
“the woman…
…who married the fool / who wished for gold.”
“That was…
…the last straw.”
“but lack of…
…thought for me.”
“I miss…
…most, / even now, his hands, his warm hands on my skin, his touch.”
“I put…
…a chair against my door”
“unwrapping…
…each other, rapidly”
“But now I feared…
…his honeyed embrace.”
