Section 12: Now such is the rhythm of cognition & Preliminaries consist of such eternity Summary

In "Now such is the rhythm of cognition," those who believe in English speak it. One must assume a decision when they are unable to see a connection. The narrator recalls the day in October 1978 when she lost her temper. She lives a few blocks from the scenes of her childhood, yet they mean nothing. In her memories of walking home alone, she recalls herself as a burgeoning personality in the schoolyard, and she feels anew its oppression which makes her dread school retrospectively though she liked it very much in reality.

In "Preliminaries consist of such eternity," the narrator hears a commotion at the Seven-Eleven on the corner while she is coming home late from a literary event...