The Stone Angel (1988)
“Doris inquires.
From my soft web of sheets and pillows, I shake my head. “No thanks. I’ll sleep.”
This is a lie. I’ll not sleep a wink tonight. Sleep is the last thing I want. I have to think. They’re greatly mistaken if they think I’ll bend meekly and never raise a finger. I’ve taken matters into my own hands before, and can again, if need be. I’ll have a word or two to say, you can depend on that, before my mouth is stopped with dark.
Revelations are saved for times of actual need, and now on...e comes to me. I can recall a quiet place, I think, and not so very far from here. Didn’t we go there for a picnic? Was it this year? Now, if the name will only come to me. The name is necessary, essential. For the ticket.
Point Something. Was it? What’s the Point? Like a plague of blackflies, the phrases buzz and mock me. Then it comes. Shadow Point. So named because the cliffs at noon cast shadows on the sea.
Marvin looks after my money. The account’s in his name now. I had forgotten.MoreLess
From my soft web of sheets and pillows, I shake my head. “No thanks. I’ll sleep.”
This is a lie. I’ll not sleep a wink tonight. Sleep is the last thing I want. I have to think. They’re greatly mistaken if they think I’ll bend meekly and never raise a finger. I’ve taken matters into my own hands before, and can again, if need be. I’ll have a word or two to say, you can depend on that, before my mouth is stopped with dark.
Revelations are saved for times of actual need, and now on...e comes to me. I can recall a quiet place, I think, and not so very far from here. Didn’t we go there for a picnic? Was it this year? Now, if the name will only come to me. The name is necessary, essential. For the ticket.
Point Something. Was it? What’s the Point? Like a plague of blackflies, the phrases buzz and mock me. Then it comes. Shadow Point. So named because the cliffs at noon cast shadows on the sea.
Marvin looks after my money. The account’s in his name now. I had forgotten.MoreLess
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