Hunger - Hunger by Jenni Pahl
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Hunger
Hunger
chapter 1
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The woman behind the counter
at Krispy Kreme calls me sweetie.
Arms tattooed with bruises,
her face is a mask. She puts
an extra donut in the bag
and touches my hand when I pay
with a pile of quarters. Outside,
spastic balloons dance down Main Street.
The sky fills with the absence
of birds. Even the pigeons
have stopped their begging. I think
if I put my ear to the ground
I would hear a rumbling as if
the earth were aware of my hunger
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at Krispy Kreme calls me sweetie.
Arms tattooed with bruises,
her face is a mask. She puts
an extra donut in the bag
and touches my hand when I pay
with a pile of quarters. Outside,
spastic balloons dance down Main Street.
The sky fills with the absence
of birds. Even the pigeons
have stopped their begging. I think
if I put my ear to the ground
I would hear a rumbling as if
the earth were aware of my hunger
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Mimi
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"I would hear the rumbling as if the earth were aware of my hunger"
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Charlizechat
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It suggests something almost apocalyptic. The sequence of silences and sounds, the discreet images (extra donut, the pile of quarters) makes it vivid…more
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