An Aftertaste
Nor a lovely form, nor a relevant content, nor sophisticated writing technique. Goosebumps, a cool wave along the spine, a flash of pleasure and the pleasure's aftertaste - a strange feeling akin to a guilty conscience of the handworker who, after a sweet fight with himself, swears "never again!" - that's a true sign of good literature. Oh, the sweet dawn of my studying English! I remember I felt like that when I first met Ogden Nash:
you shake and shake the
ketchup bottle nothing comes
and then a lot’ll*
* as cited in Americana, English-Russian Encyclopedic Dictionary, Poligramma, 1996
10.11.2019
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