Elegy by Nick Payne

Author:Nick Payne [Nick Payne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780571330003
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2016-09-17T04:00:00+00:00

Do you want me to read it to you or not?

Lorna What?

Carrie Shall I read it to you?

Lorna I do.

Carrie

‘From time to time our love is like a sail

and when the sail begins to alternate

from tack to tack, it’s like a swallowtail

and when the swallow flies it’s like a coat;

and if the coat is yours, it has a tear

like a wide mouth and when the mouth begins

to draw the wind, it’s like a trumpeter

and when the trumpet blows, it blows like millions –’

Lorna This doesn’t make any sense.

Carrie

‘and this, my love, when millions come and go

beyond the need of us, is like a trick;

and when the trick begins, it’s like a toe

tip-toeing on a rope, which is like luck;

and when the luck begins –

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