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4 Cards in this Set
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The Fish |
"brown skin hung in strip like ancient wallpaper" - similae "Tremendous fish" - metaphor for mental illness? "He didn't fight" "Eyes... packed with tarnished tinfoil" "Five big hooks grown firmly in his mouth" "And I let the fish go" |
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The Armadillo |
"frail, illegal fire balloons" "Chambers flush and fill... like hearts" - similae "Venus...Mars" - Love and War "Suddenly turning dangerous" "It splattered like an egg of fire" - similae "Ancient Owls nest" - ruining something that was there for so long "Baby rabbit" - weakness/vulnerability "A handful of intangible ash" - defenceless |
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First Death in Nova Scotia |
"cold" - disturbing event "Stuffed loon" - bird "Marble topped table" "Given one lily" - white - innocence "Coffin... little frosted cake" - metaphor "Left him white, forever" - verge of awareness |
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Filling Station |
"dirty" - view of life "Greasy sons assist him" "Quite comfy" "Doily" "Somebody waters the plant" "Somebody loves us all" |