Toni Morrison: "Yang dia lihat, di ruang bawah tanah jauh di bawah ber...

"Yang dia lihat, di ruang bawah tanah jauh di bawah beranda, adalah bulu kuning muda dengan ujung hijau. Dan dia tidak pernah menamainya. Sudah memanggilnya "burung beo saya" selama ini. "Burung beo saya." "Aku mencintaimu." Mencintaimu. "Apakah anjing-anjing itu mendapatkannya? Atau apakah dia mendapatkan pesan - bahwa dia berkata," burung beo saya "dan dia berkata," Cinta kamu, "dan dia tidak pernah mengatakan itu kembali atau bahkan mengambil kesulitan menyebutkan namanya - dan entah bagaimana berhasil terbang dengan sayap yang belum melonjak selama enam tahun."

--- Toni Morrison

Versi Bahasa Inggris

All she saw, down in the cellar well beneath the stoop, was a light yellow feather with a tip of green. And she had never named him. Had called him "my parrot" all these years. "My parrot." "Love you. "Love you." Did the dogs get him? Or did he get the message - that she said, "My parrot" and he said, "Love you," and she had never said it back or even taken the trouble to name him - and manage somehow to fly away on wings that had not soared for six years.