The imagery of the tongue
The opening lines depict the sense of sight and the sense of taste. The narrator says, “A plate is a spot on your tongue where you remember. Where you assign words to the textures of taste. Eating becomes a discipline, language-obsessed. You will never eat food again.”
Arrival imagery
When the narrator arrives, she describes the contents of her car to aid readers in seeing the purpose of her arrival. The narrator says, “I came here in a car like everybody else. In a car filled with sh*t I thought meant something and shortly after that tossed on the street: DVDs, soon to be irrelevant, a box of digital film cameras for a still-latent photography talent, a copy of On the Road that I couldn't finish, and A Swedish-modern lamp from Walmart.”
The imagery of the streets
The calmness of the streets is described using sight imagery. The narrator says, “The streets were wide and vacant, and I parked my car on the Roebling. It was mid-afternoon, there wasn't enough shade, and every business seemed closed. I walked over to Bedford Avenue to look for a sign of life. I saw a coffee shop and thought about asking if they needed a barrister.”
