“My thoughts swim. Back and forth, in and out, across the tides of history”
“Time passes and the pain begins to roll in and out as though it’s a woman standing at an ironing board, passing the iron back and forth, back and forth across a white tablecloth.”
“You never know who's swimming naked until the tide goes out.”
“It's only when the tide goes out that you learn who's been swimming naked.”
“I stretch my fingers across my belly and glide my hand back and forth, waving softly. Sometimes I think I feel a hand reaching out for mine. Or it could be a foot, kicking my hand away. I wish I could tell the difference.”
“I swim against the tide because I like to annoy.”