And then suddenly it is raining and it is monsoon rain and the sky becomes very dark but still the sweat dribbles down my temples as the driver pulls up at the orphanage. He runs inside and I can see that he is soaked even before he reaches the curb. Large puddles of water have [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 1, 2008
Respectable
For a while I had a respectable job in this tiny town in the country surrounded by the farms and expectations of an all-seeing community. I was a younger man then and there were times when the weight of that town’s gaze caused me to look disconsolately down the bitumen road that would one day [...]
