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Lost Children Archive

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by Valeria Luiselli


  PART IV

  Lost Children Archive

  § ECHO ECHOES

  Mem mem mem mem

  Eather eather eather

  Wa wa wa wa wa

  Em em em em em

  Ow ow ow ow

  Eas eas eas eas

  Eist eist eist eist

  § CAR ECHOES

  Cow, horse, feather, arrow, ow, ow, us playing

  No no no, yes yes yes, us fighting

  Rrrrrr, chupe, chupe, srlssnnn, us sleeping, me thumb-chuping, you snoring

  Blah blah blah blah, bad news, the radio, the radio, more radio

  Stop, go, no, more, less, Jesus Fucking Christ, ist, ist, Ma and Pa talking, arguing,

  Whooooo, hhhhh, hhhhh, all of us breathing, silence

  He-he, ha-ha, heeee, all you fake laughing

  When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night…

  § INSECT ECHOES

  Teetoo, tootoop, tooop, two ants talking

  Bzzzzz, bee buzzing

  Bzzzz, wachink, bee stinging (you)

  Bzzzzzzzzz, bye-bye, bee

  § FOOD ECHOES

  Rumch rumch, us eating cookies

  Tuc tic tuc tic, crumbs falling on the car seat

  Swish, woosh, us wiping up the mess

  Shhhhhh, don’t say anything

  § STRANGER ECHOES

  Over-easy, milk or no milk, more ice, ice ice, diner conversations

  Fill it up, up, up, gasoline station conversations

  Two double beds yes, yes, yes, motel conversations

 

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