![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sweet? Each one seemed true for a second, but in the end Bennie had an impression of something mineral, like stone. He concentrated on the taste: Was it metallic or was that just his expectation?.He tongued the gold in a tight knot and sucked the juice from within it sour, he thought. Bennie tried not to calculate the dollar value of what was inside their mouths. I see this when I read, "They each took a pinch of gold flakes and placed them on their tongues. It seems to me that the gold flakes represent easily dissolved wealth that he is just swallowing up without giving much thought to its intrinsic value (or lack thereof). He is so wrapped in the gold flakes that he's missing everything else, like cultivating a positive relationship with his son. He's so wrapped up in his gold flakes he's missing everything else. Trysha wrote: "I'm not sure how much I like Bennie. ![]()
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