One Hundred Years of Solitude

of her teeth when she realized
that he was completely naked.
Go away, she whispered,
suffocating with curiosity. Go
away or Ill scream. But
Aureliano José knew then
what he had to do, because he
was no longer a child but a
barracks animal. Starting with
that night the dull,
inconsequential battles began
again and would go on until
dawn. Im your aunt,
Amaranta murmured, spent.