Sestina Isolation Quotes

Wait a minute—they're laughing and joking together, but the grandma is secretly sad and isn't letting the child in on why.

Again, whatever is eating at the grandma seems to be a private pain. We can't help but wonder if the kid knows what that pain is, and maybe even shares it… just separately.

The grandmother is talking to the child, but the child has gone off in her own, daydreaming world. Is it a happy world or a sad one? How can we tell?