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Filling Station
Elizabeth Bishop
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Oh but it is ... oil-permeated" | Oh but it is dirty! - this little filling station, oil-soaked, oil-permeated |
| "Father wears ..." | Father wears a dirty, oil-soaked monkey suit ... family filling station |
| "grease-impregnated ..." | Grease impregnated wickerwork; ... quite comfy" |
| "Some comic ..." | Some comic books provide the only notes of colour |
| " dim ..." | dim doily, ... a tabaret ... hirsuit begonia |
| "Why the ...?" | why the extraneous plant? why the taboret? why, oh why, the doily? |
| Somebody embroidered ... high-strung automobiles" | Somebody embroidered the doily. Somebody waters the plant, or oils it maybe. Somebody arranges the rows of cans so that they softly say: ESSO-SO-SO-SO to high-strung automobiles |
| "Somebody ..." | Somebody loves us all |