"When I read his stories, I have a weird feeling."
-"What feeling?"
"Like he is there."
-"Who?"
"The writer."
-"The writer? How come?"
"I don't know. It's just... like he is sitting next to you, whispering in your ear or talking very sincerely about things."
-"What things?"
"I don't remember. It's like it doesn't matter."
-"I think we are talking about the same writer. He's anonymous isn't he."
"Yes he is."
-"When I read his lines, I feel like he is so close, like he really understands me, like I can ask his written sentences all kind of personal questions and they will answer me. I can't explain it any better, it's so.."
"Weird..."
-"Yes. Do you have that feeling too?"
"Yes, I feel it too. Would you do it?"
-"What?"
"Visit him? I mean, if you knew his address?"
-"Would I dare? Ha, wow, I never thought about that. But yes I think, yes I would."
"And what if he's just another guy, nothing special?"
-"Do you think he is?"
"No, but he could be, in theory."
-"I don't want to think about that."
"I mean, maybe it's just another hype. They hype everything these days because we are so lonely."
-"Yes, the loneliness spreads like a virus nowadays."
"Exactly, and that writer is a shrewd fox making money of it."
-"A shrewd fox? I don't want to think about that. It makes me sick."
"I'm sorry. Perhaps we shouldn't even want to meet him in person."
-"What do you mean?"
"I mean, what we get from him now, by reading, that might be as good as it gets."
-"Like he isn't real?"
"He is just... helping us consoling ourselves."
-"How?"
"Through his writing we get the feeling of nearness right?"
-"Yes, we do."
"But we're alone with a bunch of printed letters."
-"You can think about it that way."
"So it's US. WE are overcoming loneliness by means of an individual weapon called the imagination of the Other through language."
-"Oh".
"That's as good as it gets. We arrived at the peek of human understanding."
-"Mmm."
"I see that look on your face."
-"What look?"
"You want more. You want the imagination of the Self through language."
-"Stop using this kind of language please."
"Okay. You want him to confirm your personality."
-"So what?"
"He can never do that. Unless..."
-"Unless?"
"Unless he signs out from the universality of language and comes to have sex with you."
-"Ssssh."
"Why you're blushing?"
We all go down that same fucking drain.
Waited a long time in the Buenos Aires bus station, talking to this girl Mira, and taking a bus late at night, a bus that will bring me to Iguazu in twenty hours.
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