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Page 43
I could say that I'm eating heavy cakes dripping with honey and cream filling, that
I steal them from the display case in a pastry shop while the confectioner is at the
oven concocting his sugary inventions, kneading various doughs, mixing fruit ...
I could say that I'm eating heavy cakes dripping with honey and cream filling, that
I steal them from the display case in a pastry shop while the confectioner is at the
oven concocting his sugary inventions, kneading various doughs, mixing fruit ...
Page 60
I'm through with old-fashioned tearooms and their out-ofdate charm, filled with
odors of hot ovens and baked apples. I haunt hamburger joints, luncheonettes,
fast-food outlets; I steep myself in neon lighting and rock music. My neck is
swelling, ...
I'm through with old-fashioned tearooms and their out-ofdate charm, filled with
odors of hot ovens and baked apples. I haunt hamburger joints, luncheonettes,
fast-food outlets; I steep myself in neon lighting and rock music. My neck is
swelling, ...
Page 129
Heavy with chocolate, my tongue cleaves to the roof of my mouth, which is filled
with a rancid taste I can't get rid of. And what if this foul taste were to last forever,
throughout death? And what if death were merely eternal insomnia in the heart of
...
Heavy with chocolate, my tongue cleaves to the roof of my mouth, which is filled
with a rancid taste I can't get rid of. And what if this foul taste were to last forever,
throughout death? And what if death were merely eternal insomnia in the heart of
...
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