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Defined Space, and: Lessons in Sleeping, and: Curriculum

Defined Space, and: Lessons in Sleeping, and: Curriculum DEFINED SPACE/??a Chang In the distance, two young girls are speaking to you. cylindrical patterns of Ught. They ask you to come with them. They look identical but they are not the same. They are lean and wild with black hair and eyes, who foUows and watches on. They hold Indonesian shadow In this tiny town, you are to them, a pregnant aunt, someone puppets and say they have hiding places you cannot find. They disappear. You hear their laughter between tall blades of grass which is now bending west. "Dahlia, Dahlia . . ." and you walk faster to that beckoning. It is 1954 and you are lost. In a tunnel you are dressed as a queen. A servant has just told you that you wUl drown. You beUeve what he says. AU around you are puddles of water which you would Uke to touch because they remind you of someone you have now just forgotten. Puddles multiply into oceans until you find yourself running up a staircase to escape the water. Your dress flies behind you: a lemon-colored parachute as you whisper, "I cannot swim. I cannot swim." You feel the presence of a thousand onlookers http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Missouri Review University of Missouri

Defined Space, and: Lessons in Sleeping, and: Curriculum

Chang, Tina.
The Missouri Review , Volume 21 (1) – Oct 5, 1998
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DEFINED SPACE/??a Chang In the distance, two young girls are speaking to you. cylindrical patterns of Ught. They ask you to come with them. They look identical but they are not the same. They are lean and wild with black hair and eyes, who foUows and watches on. They hold Indonesian shadow In this tiny town, you are to them, a pregnant aunt, someone puppets and say they have hiding places you cannot find. They disappear. You hear their laughter between tall blades of grass which is now bending west. "Dahlia, Dahlia . . ." and you walk faster to that beckoning. It is 1954 and you are lost. In a tunnel you are dressed as a queen. A servant has just told you that you wUl drown. You beUeve what he says. AU around you are puddles of water which you would Uke to touch because they remind you of someone you have now just forgotten. Puddles multiply into oceans until you find yourself running up a staircase to escape the water. Your dress flies behind you: a lemon-colored parachute as you whisper, "I cannot swim. I cannot swim." You feel the presence of a thousand onlookers

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Published: Oct 5, 1998

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