Norma Jeane Baker of Troy by Anne Carson

Author:Anne Carson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: New Directions
Published: 2020-02-25T00:00:00+00:00

Enter Norma Jeane on wind phone, hand to ear.

Dear Hermione,

I dreamed of you.

I saw you floating face down.

Every day is a struggle here, I woke up late

and had a bad thought:

all those lives at Troy, all those souls gone down to Hades for my sake—

who pays for that?

It wouldn’t be some sort of capital obligation would it? Some kind of debt

that needs to be made good?

Surely the life of a girl can’t be collateral?

Surely the gods don’t think like that?

How do gods think?

Does it all make sense to them — war? Clouds? Fakery? People in flames?

Do they like a good war show? Cover their eyes

at the bloody parts?

Poor gods!

We’re beyond that.

We don’t cover our eyes anymore, do we — we mortals, we creatures of a day?

We’re more or less blind —

shooting day for night.

And anyway, a heart surgeon told me once,

no need to worry: once the cutting starts,

a wound

shines by its own light.

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