Author: Kachi A. Ozumba

Cites

• Anna Akhmatova (1)
  • IN: The Shadow of a Smile (2009) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Beside me, in the queue, there was a woman with blue lips. She had, of course, never heard of me; but she suddenly came out of that trance so common to us all and whispered in my ear (everybody spoke in whispers there): "Can you describe this?" And I said: "Yes, I can." And then something like the shadow of a smile crossed what had once been her face.
    FROM: Requiem, (1963), Poem, Russia