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Sarah Crossan

The Weight of Water

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  • Edith saavedrahas quoted5 years ago
    And I read. Slowly I read. In English.

    About Plath’s desire to die.

    And I wonder if I could do that.

    I wonder if I could surrender.

    And take my last breaths

    Instead of living with a rock

    In my belly.
  • allisonalfriendhas quoted5 years ago
    ‘I will decide when the lesson ends,’ they insist.

    But they cannot compete

    With The Bell.
  • allisonalfriendhas quoted5 years ago
    Mama found the perfect home for

    A cast-off laundry bag.

    Yes.

    But not a home for us.
  • allisonalfriendhas quoted5 years ago
    Mama rented a room

    In Coventry.

    This is where we’ll live

    Until we find Tata:
  • allisonalfriendhas quoted5 years ago
    Tata took all the good luggage

    When he left us,

    When he walked out
  • allisonalfriendhas quoted5 years ago
    The wheels on the suitcase break

    Before we’ve even left Gdańsk Główny.
  • Mariam Golovniahas quoted6 years ago
    Swarming wet docks
  • Mariam Golovniahas quoted6 years ago
    crust in her face
  • Daniela Sánchezhas quoted6 years ago
    It is Kanoro who is ignorant,
    If he thinks he is better.
    There is honour in all things,’ he says
  • Daniela Sánchezhas quoted6 years ago
    Mama is still crying.
    But Babcia isn’t here to hold her.
    And my arms are too short for the job
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