My Documents
(Alejandro Zambra, 2015)
Published in
Nov 26, 2020
I figured out that keeping quiet was a very effective way to fit in.
The news obscured reality, and that I was part of a conformist crowd neutralized by television.
A poem was the exact opposite of a story. “Stories are boring. Poetry is
madness, poetry is savage, poetry is a torrent of extreme emotions.
The important thing is to express your feelings, to show yourself as a passionate, interesting man, maybe a bit fragile, someone who isn’t afraid of anything, someone who accepts his feminine side.
When so many things are blamed on shyness it’s almost a joke.
Conversations between more than four people never end well, especially if they take place in a hallway.
