Triumph of the EggThere is a story. - I cannot tell it. - I have no words. The story is almost forgotten but sometimes I remember. The story concerns three men in a house in a street. If I could say the words I would sing the story. I would whisper it into the ears of women, of mothers. I would run through the streets saying it over and over. My tongue would be torn loose - it would rattle against my teeth. The three men are in a room in the house. One is young and dandified. He continually laughs. There is a second man who has a long white beard. He is consumed with doubt but occasionally his doubt leaves him and he sleeps. |
Contents
1 THE DUMB MAN | 7 |
2 I WANT TO KNOW WHY | 10 |
3 SEEDS | 23 |
4 THE OTHER WOMAN | 34 |
5 THE EGG | 45 |
6 UNLIGHTED LAMPS | 59 |
7 SENILITY | 84 |
8 THE MAN IN THE BROWN COAT | 88 |
9 BROTHERS | 93 |
10 THE DOOR OF THE TRAP | 105 |
11 THE NEW ENGLANDER | 120 |
12 WAR | 142 |
13 MOTHERHOOD | 148 |
14 OUT OF NOWHERE INTO NOTHING | 151 |
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