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Editoriaal von Domenica Perrone

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by Benali Abdelkader

One day in May I came into this world, but the world was not ready. For the sake of convenience I slid through it, somehow without attaching myself or without undertaking anything.

Not so much because I didn’t have the capacity to establish a relationship, than because the Parcae hadn’t chosen a time when to show me my destiny in a curt, clear way.

While awaiting that moment, I was doomed to spend my time as best I could. It isn’t as if I didn’t like it, quite the reverse! I was happy with all my toy cars and the trips they gave me.As I was the eldest, I had great chances, and I brought myself up from childhood as the one predestined to do what’s good and to avoid what’s evil.

At least, that was the prediction, even though in all that time I was never put to the test, not even once.And who is never put to the test ends up looking like a bum, stuck in the remote area of some bar, with an empty glass of beer in his hand...