SUSSIE. ANIE

TO FILL A YELLOW HOUSE.

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She tells her baby to say bye, and as usual the baby says nothing.

Tonight’s meal will not end. The grilled fish watches him from the plate and its eye contains the world, towns and rivers and oceans.

We are black, and so we will be twice as good. Do you hear?

The yellow house, in the quiet after bedtime, holds its breath.

Ma says the banks are collapsing, all over the country. It is hard to imagine a whole bank collapsing; the big Barclays on the high street is still standing okay.

A recession is just a prolonged spell of poor weather.

Aunties fill the bathroom, painting their faces with brushes and pencils.

Auntie Aha is already ahead, negotiating with the vendor. She is always convincing shopkeepers that their prices are wrong.

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