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Hysteria
Hysteria 1917 |
| As she laughed I was aware of becoming
involved in her laughter and being part of it, until her teeth were only accidental stars with a talent for squad drill. I was drawn in by short gaps, inhaled at each momen- tary recovery, lost finally in the dark caverns of her throat, bruised by the ripple of unseen muscles. An elderly waiter with trembling hands was hurriedly spreading a pink and hwite checked cloth over the rusty green iron table, saying: 'If the lady and gentleman wish to take their tea in the garden...' I decided that if the shaking of her breasts could be stopped some of the fragments of the afternoon might be collected, and I concentrated my attention with careful subtlety to this end. |