“I remember …
“I remember my tongue shedding its skin like a snake”
LOSS OF IDENTITY
IDENTITY
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL / PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
“Now where …”
“Now where do you come from, strangers ask.
Originally? And I hesitate.”
LOSS OF IDENTITY
IDENTITY
HARSH REALITIES OF LIFE / GROWING UP
“all childhood …”
“all childhood is an emigration”
IDENTITY
HARSH REALITIES OF LIFE / GROWING UP
“Corners which …”
“Corners which seemed familiar, leading to unimagined pebble dashed estates”
VIVID IMAGE OF SETTING / TIME & PLACE (NEW HOME)
“We came …”
“We came from our own country in a red room”
VIVID IMAGE OF SETTING / TIME & PLACE (NEW HOME)
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL / PERSONAL EXPERIENCE (NEW HOME)