A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Khaled Hosseini

contentment

sanctity

trespasser.

flicker

kinship

reckless

abasement

unrelenting

resented

vindication.

but ever since

rousing

resentful.

aristocracy,

ferocious,

indomitable,

dispensing

earnestly,

hooted

frantically

gust

contentment

orchard.

crumpled

perfunctory

rug

bloated.

relished

subdued

desolate

obliterate

oversee

bewildered,

treacherous.”

reminiscing

startled—unlike

solace

earnestness,

reckless

frantic

relented

admonishing

faction,

nailed up

vigils,

reproach,

indomitable

euphoria

ponytails,

impetus