Poem Quotes (Names) Flashcards
Visiting Hour. Talking about the smell of the hospital
The hospital smell combs my nostrils.
Visiting Hour. Talking about how the nurses walk
Nurses walk lightly, swiftly, here and up and down and there.
Visiting Hour. Him describing his denial of his friends death
I will not feel, I will not feel, until I have to.
Sounds of the Day. Talking about the significance of the door closing
When the door scraped shut, it was the end of all the sounds there are.
Sounds of the Day. Talking about how he is hurting
I thought I hurt in my pride only.
Sounds of the Day. Talking about how he was abandoned
You left me beside the quietest fire in the world.
Memorial. Talking about how he can’t seem to shake her death
Everywhere she dies. Everywhere I go she dies.
Memorial. Talking about how shes saddened that he’s upset
She grieves for my grief.
Memorial. Talking about how he can’t stop remembering her dying
Ever since she died she can’t stop dying.
Basking Shark. Talking about how absurd and kinda funny it is that the beast is big yet unintelligent
That roomsized monster with a matchbox brain.
Basking Shark. Talking about his confusion of who’s the monster.
So who’s the monster, the thought made me grow pale.
Basking Shark. Talking about how he wrongly disturbed the shark
-this descendent townee shook on a wrong branch of his family tree.
Aunt Julia. Talking about how she remembers her speaking
Aunt Julia spoke Gaelic very loud and very fast.
Aunt Julia. Talking about what she wore on her feet
She wore men’s boots when she wore any.
Aunt Julia. Talking about how frustrated he is after her death
getting angry, getting with so many questions unanswered.
