Flaneur / 3
Again I look at the map of Europe on the wall. Who would have brought, some of those who sleep here, perhaps the container, there are many people here, the map of Europe, the land is narrow from east to west. Through sight, a straight line between the northern coast of Poland and southern Greece. The distance between the north and the south of France. The language leaves, brown tongue out, tongue shyly sucks blue stain west, on the left. Lines across the blue smudge the paper with wrinkles. I count the islands, the largest but they are not, I know some names, Guernsey, Lampedusa, Sao Miguel, Vormsi ... Vormsi, an island off Estonia, could travel there someday. Europe, a peninsula of Asia. Iberia an island attached by mountains. Catalonia an island attached to that other island by a strip. Barcelona an island connected by a belt of land and two blue lines. El Raval also an island connected or separated by wide streets around. My room alone for four peeling walls. I separated from the world for that wrinkled skin and a rash green. I touch the rash, I see the blue to the left of the map. I get up and put on my shoes and jacket flaps fat. I leave home with an annoying creak of guts, outside the wind slips behind flaps. I cross the Carme, turn-by Egipcíaques, Hospital continued for up to the Plaça Sant Agustí. I put in the queue, fuck me so late. In all look forward with confidence, with more hate, hate these casings are crisp to the front, hate my guts all those who are behind, they hate me for the same reason that I hate the former. There before the first fight, coats and others are separate. Come at four o'clock, sure. They are like ticks, change roof when they want, all with a blanket and are arranged, not me, I separate them, despise them. Finally the nuns opened the door and the tail moves. Slow progress. The old man in front does not move, does not know, I pushed and spit, but does not know. I do finally shuffle. Behind a pair of bearded smell as bad as the rest, shuffling walk like the rest. All are bearded. I try to keep enough distance from each other, look at the pebbles on the ground and throwing them like those in front to hurry up. The guts they know I'm close and poke more. Give the steps to the rhythm of the bearded one in front, I feel like spitting it out again. Finally go through the door, a wrinkled nun greets me, even I look at it. Entered the room and the table is only a space next to an American guy and shiny black shoes. He smiles with eight teeth, looked at him with hatred, I take my steaming plate and go into the yard, I do not mind the cold, I care not covered. As fast fingers and sink the entire palm on the mountain of rice boiling, burning my skin. Rice burns like lava, I keep the beans in your mouth and feel down his throat, but he ended up in a couple of minutes and I lick my dirty palm, I dry the pants and leave the dish on the floor beside the apple tree. A soft wire air slowly out of my nose, and smoke turns into winter. I open my eyes, rip a couple of blocks green, me I put in my pocket. I leave there without looking at the nun's hungry wrinkled or have not yet finished even half of your plate. Now I feel more awake, everyone looks at me, wrinkling his nose. I run a fountain and drink water with violence, I wet my hands and wash my face, I also I have a beard. I'm falling behind my fat flaps and run again until Calle del Carme, everyone looks at me, all without exception. I climb the last two steps with a new pain in the gut, open the door of the room and realize that thankfully no one took my mattress. I sleep hugging my two blocks, while the contours of the Portuguese coast smudge like breadcrumbs in the water.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Oscar Fish Eye Disorder
BCN flâneur / 2
At the bakery Mary Rector Street Triadó make the best bread in Vienna Barcelona. I do not know what you will, if a secret ingredient, supernatural components, a magic elixir or is it really bread brought from Vienna. The truth is that I became addicted to Mary Vienna bread. Whenever I meet someone in the neighborhood do not lose the opportunity to remind him: "Are you sure you have not tried?". My day began when I had my vienita under his arm, at seven o'clock. Crossed to get the first run of the day, the crisp, that it leaves the smoke just bites. Entered the premises and, not just say hello, came the invariable question Mary
- Does vienita ever?
I wrapped her in a role no other answer than my smile.
Before bridges or holidays bought two or three bars, which stored in cloth bags. And if you put hard a blow furnace and were like new.
never talked to Mary, but several times I was tempted to ask him what his secret, how come it came out well. I have tried your ear, the pa of pages or wood, but nothing compares with his hand for vienas.
That time in weeks that did not visit Mary. During the return trip by train just thought that the next day I would get up early for my routine of seven, decided to ask his secret. I went down swiftly by Sant Nicolau, turned by Trias and entered the premises. I received the typical crisp and sparkling mist coming out of the ovens. Someone from the back yelled "I will." I looked at the baskets and there were the first of the day. At that time moved the curtains that separate furnaces and left the room a short person, straight black hair, almond-shaped eyes.
raised my eyebrows and remained silent. I craned my neck to the furnaces, but did not see that anyone else peep. At that time a glance swept the room. I stood a moment in silence, waiting for something, something.
The petite baker looked at me.
- Yes?
I asked the Vienna, I paid and left. On the way he bit the tip. It was crisp, the smoke came out. Tasted ever.
- Does vienita ever?
I wrapped her in a role no other answer than my smile.
Before bridges or holidays bought two or three bars, which stored in cloth bags. And if you put hard a blow furnace and were like new.
never talked to Mary, but several times I was tempted to ask him what his secret, how come it came out well. I have tried your ear, the pa of pages or wood, but nothing compares with his hand for vienas.
That time in weeks that did not visit Mary. During the return trip by train just thought that the next day I would get up early for my routine of seven, decided to ask his secret. I went down swiftly by Sant Nicolau, turned by Trias and entered the premises. I received the typical crisp and sparkling mist coming out of the ovens. Someone from the back yelled "I will." I looked at the baskets and there were the first of the day. At that time moved the curtains that separate furnaces and left the room a short person, straight black hair, almond-shaped eyes.
raised my eyebrows and remained silent. I craned my neck to the furnaces, but did not see that anyone else peep. At that time a glance swept the room. I stood a moment in silence, waiting for something, something.
The petite baker looked at me.
- Yes?
I asked the Vienna, I paid and left. On the way he bit the tip. It was crisp, the smoke came out. Tasted ever.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
How To Build A Motorcycle Engine
I give you a book, give me your words / 10
Without hesitation or a second, Maria de los Reyes merged into a single witness the happiest day, the saddest day and anecdote, testimony, rather, was a complaint, "to be a curious edition of the Bible, known as the Bible of the Bear. Eager to take another title, returned to his neighborhood to recruit someone you know who would lend itself to share an anecdote. He returned an hour later, alone, and begged me to get one free copy, which the witness would give me the phone, send me e-mail, come back another day and I would written ... Unwavering, he remembered:
"Rules are rules.
I insisted for ten minutes. Fifteen. Twenty. Half an hour. Patience beat me. Therefore, I allowed even take The Invention of the Human, Harold Bloom.
Without hesitation or a second, Maria de los Reyes merged into a single witness the happiest day, the saddest day and anecdote, testimony, rather, was a complaint, "to be a curious edition of the Bible, known as the Bible of the Bear. Eager to take another title, returned to his neighborhood to recruit someone you know who would lend itself to share an anecdote. He returned an hour later, alone, and begged me to get one free copy, which the witness would give me the phone, send me e-mail, come back another day and I would written ... Unwavering, he remembered:
"Rules are rules.
I insisted for ten minutes. Fifteen. Twenty. Half an hour. Patience beat me. Therefore, I allowed even take The Invention of the Human, Harold Bloom.
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