The Complete Interview

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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