The Buddha in the Attic

You must aim to tantalize, not tease.

“Did you know that the war was coming?”

We gave birth to babies that were American citizens and in whose names we could finally lease land.

savage than the Americans?

They took us as we cried out with pleasure and then covered our mouths in shame.

ONE DAY, we promised ourselves, we would leave them.

our husbands had nothing to do with them.

A few of us left in disgust, and had no desire to ever come back.

And we knew it would only be a matter of time until all traces of us were gone.