ed flowers
the
bright colors
now gone. Almost all that mattered in my life has disappeared
and the worst is losing
Precious Auntie's name.
Precious Auntie
what is our name? I always meant to claim it as my own. Come help me remember. I'm
not a little girl anymore. I'm not afraid of ghosts. Are you still mad at me? Don't you recognize me? I am
LuLing
your daughter.
PART ONE
ONE
For the past eight years
always starting on August twelfth
Ruth Young lost her voice.
The first time it happened was when she moved into Art's flat in San Francisco. For several days
Ruth
could only hiss like an untended teakettle. She figured it was a virus
or perhaps allergies to a particular
mold in the building.
When she lost her voice again
it was on their first anniversary of living together
and Art joked that her
laryngitis must be psychosomatic. Ruth wondered whether it was. When she was a child
she lost her
voice after breaking her arm. Why was that? On their second anniversary
she and Art were stargazing in
the Grand Tetons. According to a park pamphlet
During the peak of the Perseidsaround August 12th
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