Originally Flashcards
1
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Originally 1
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We came from our own country in a red room
2
Q
Originally 2
A
Home,
Home
(In italics)
3
Q
Originally 3
A
All childhood is an emigration. Some are slow…
Others are sudden.
4
Q
Originally 4
A
My parents’ anxiety stirred like a loose tooth
5
Q
Originally 5
A
a skelf of shame
6
Q
Originally 6
A
I remember my tongue
shedding its skin like a snake
7
Q
Originally 7
A
Do I only think
I lost a river, culture, speech, sense of first space and the right place?
8
Q
Originally 8
A
And I hesitate.
