Blue Moon (1993)
“Holding it against her chest, she felt her heart beating. It fluttered fast and unsteadily; it made Sheila feel she had a moth inside her trying to escape. When she opened her eyes she checked her knobby hand for silvery wing dust. She stretched in the easy chair where she’d been napping and tested the feeling of her feet on the floor. She wanted something cold to drink, but she wasn’t ready to move yet.
The glass locket felt warm in her hand, and she peered down at it. Nothing but a milky blur.... “Goddamn it,” Sheila said out loud. She hated her cataracts. She’d been thinking about having them removed until Eileen Conway had hers done. Dr. Greaves had peeled off the cataracts, and now poor Eileen wished someone would turn out the lights; brightness poured in from everywhere, Eileen said, making her eyes blink and water, and she felt like a cunner in a fishbowl, longing for deep water and nice dark rockweed.
“Goddamn it!” Sheila said louder, because no one was home. Jimmy and Mary were off to work.MoreLess
The glass locket felt warm in her hand, and she peered down at it. Nothing but a milky blur.... “Goddamn it,” Sheila said out loud. She hated her cataracts. She’d been thinking about having them removed until Eileen Conway had hers done. Dr. Greaves had peeled off the cataracts, and now poor Eileen wished someone would turn out the lights; brightness poured in from everywhere, Eileen said, making her eyes blink and water, and she felt like a cunner in a fishbowl, longing for deep water and nice dark rockweed.
“Goddamn it!” Sheila said louder, because no one was home. Jimmy and Mary were off to work.MoreLess
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