Pa had always had a lot of respect for Sam's grandmother. That must have been at least partly to do with what people in the village used to say about her. Pa used to say that civilization took the ... [+]
feeling like a dog's wet breakfast, I comb my hair and dress in a cleaner shirt. in the kitchen, you move bottles off the table, careful as a bulldozer knocking houses in palestine. the sun lands on the front of the building, twisting like the face of a sunflower. windows gape open around us, bringing light and hairbrush-dry heat.