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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Dawn Powell Quoted "Through The Looking Glass"

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Morry could never forget that walk in the rain 
with Nettie Farrell. To be huddled under an umbrella 
with a woman he hated, to smell her violet talcum, 
her scented hair, to feel her warm plump hand
squeezing his elbow, her body pressing against his, 
so that not for an instant could he forget that it 
was Nettie, Nettie Farrell,and that he detested her.

He said nothing to her, tramped straight through 
all the puddles leaving her to scamper along 
beside him with tight, prim little steps.
Dawn Powell
Dance Night  

The quote is from p.94 of this edition







































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 Footnotes
"Pardon my yin-yang but Hate & Love are nothing more, nothing less
 than two sides of the looking glass."
-Marcel DuTramp 

 The next Dawn Powell page is here.
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2 comments:

  1. But…did he indeed "hate"?
    No intoxication to the senses?
    He would wait
    if even with those defenses.

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    1. Did he indeed "hate?"

      I think not.
      The "hate" is a warping
      of a warm heart.

      Think of "Hate" as a warm heart
      subject to climate change.

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