Michael Ondaatje: "Dia menyalakan korek api di aula gelap dan memindah...

"Dia menyalakan korek api di aula gelap dan memindahkannya ke sumbu lilin. Light mengangkat dirinya ke bahunya. Dia berlutut. Dia meletakkan tangannya di pahanya dan menghirup aroma belerang. Dia membayangkan dia menampar bernafas."

--- Michael Ondaatje

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

She lights a match in the dark hall and moves it onto the wick of the candle. Light lifts itself onto her shoulders. She is on her knees. She puts her hands on her thighs and breathes in the smell of the sulphur. She imagines she slap breathes in light.