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- Copyright
- Copyright © 2008 Regents of the University of Colorado
- ISSN
- 0013-8282
- eISSN
- 2573-3575
- DOI
- 10.1215/00138282-46.1.167
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
R a c h e l Z u c k e r The box is like th is today. The box I live in. Today: like this. And th o u g h sim ilar, so achingly alike, again, ad in fin itu m , line over the nine, it's always no thin g like before no thin g, not even the surprise o f another, so sim ila r day o f box-living. Once, I was marked and m arkedly d iffe re nt and at tim e s w h ile hopscotching the gro uted m osaic fe lt m y g o d I've seen before a pattern ju s t like th is I've been here! But no more. Now, I have never been anyw here else. Ever but here and th o u g h I carry on ca n 't return. Even the day m y firs tb o rn son broke me opened and s p lit shocked shattered th a t q u a in t no tion o f "b e fo re " is no m ore than a rung o f ho w I g o t a
Journal
English Language Notes – Duke University Press
Published: Mar 1, 2008