You?
(A
mystery onto myself!) A human: simple,
gentlemanly, inquisitive, curious, exploratory, straight, no
hanky-panky guy. (Many of my attributes are not meant for
discussions, I suppose.)
Who?
A
married man of about 35, a father. (As brief as I can. No use letting
out my secret life-story.)
What?
An
electrician, a home tutor, a teacher, a translator, a correspondence
clerk, a language instructor, an editor. (What a list of hardships
and struggles and humiliations!)
What
more?
An
amateur: a photographer, a book designer, a web designer, a DIY guy.
(Self-taught mostly. What can I say?!)
Where?
Less
of the city and more of the countryside, mountains, west, east. (A
compulsion rather than a choice!)
Why?
(A
ridiculous question! To survive. Why else?! You don't know much about
what it takes to be a man, do you?) To fill gaps and voids in life.
(I circumnavigate the question.)
Why
not? (This? Or That?)
(Another
humiliating question!) Not fortunate enough!
How?
(How
stupid?!) Circumstances beyond your control teach you much, I
believe.
How
much?
(Silly!
Who is satisfied with what they've got? Human nature.) But anything's
better than nothing.
How
long?
(What
a bloke!) Depends on the quality of the glue, does it not, to
describe the bond?
When?
(Pig-head!)
Soon, when else! (What do you think? Shouldn't you be answering that
question?)
Any
specifics?
Love
freedom, independence, nature, music...
Illnesses?
Not
that I'm aware of. (My heart's sick, I can't tell him. My soul's
fatigued, I can't show. My self is tired, I can't make him
understand!)
Pretty
thin, aren't you?
(What
do you think? Do I have enough to eat? You garbage-bin!!!) Perhaps
it's in my genes. (I smile. I cannot speak much. So I try to show.)
Can you?
(How ridiculously ignorant! I wouldn't be there if I couldn't, would I?) I believe I can. It's not that difficult, is it? (I hide my cynicism about his suspicions. It's his job, I figure out in the end, to be suspicious.)
O-K,
he says. We call you.
(He's
a liar, I know. I leave, thanking him generously for his narrow field
of vision, on life, and on humanity. He's not much educated, I
conclude.)
29 July 2013. Monday.
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