“Clock and calendar’s gone remind her she’s dead. I broke that cup—I hated to do it, but it was a extra—broken cup’s gone tell her she’s dead. Those shells gone speak to her of water. The dead got to cross water.” “And the pills? What about the ’scription bottles?” “They gone remind her who she was. Dead come back, they don’t always remember who they was. Your mama reads her name there, Mr. Dauphin, and she’s gone say, ‘Why, I’m dead, I’m gone go right back inside and not bother nobody!’” “Odessa, you’re talking crazy. You’re making me real scared. I want you to take all this junk out of
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