Rogue Heart
by Axie Oh (excerpt)
The dreamers gather in Neo Beijing's starlight district. The wanderers and the thrill-seekers. Those with poems in their souls and secrets in their
hearts. All those racing toward the bright, unknowable future.
All those running from pasts painful and unforgiven.
If you listen carefully, you can hear the song of the city. It's in the sharp, raucous laughter of the kids barreling down the crowded streets, in the
heavy electronic beats erupting like great beasts from basement clubs, in the wind whistling through dark alleys, and in the rain as it drops on to the
city like so many falling stars.
Two years ago, I stumbled into the city, half starved and afraid, and I couldn't hear the song. My heart beat louder than the music.
Memories rise unbidden-of pain, of loss, of a handsome face so beloved yet turned from me. I place a hand against my throat until the rapid pulse
steadies. The past is in the mind, as Dr. Koga used to say. Let it go. Let it be.
The future is in the heart.
Tonight, the song is a light patter of droplets on the windowpane. I listen for a moment more before turning back to the café, broom in hand. The
ALA
Select the correct answer.
Read the excerpt from Rogue Heart by Axie Oh.
She slips through the beaded curtain to the kitchen, presumably to hang up her apron and apply a sweep of cherry gloss across her lips.
Which dictionary entry supports meaning of the word sweep as used in the excerpt?
A.
a movement of irresistible force
OB. a smooth, curving movement
OC. the removal or clearing away of
a search over an entire area
D.