The street was almost empty, I walked through the market street , delighting every smell, every scent that the spices kept. Suddenly, four notes of trumpets broke the order and my serenity. The royal court walked down the avenue , traders left their shops and the crowd pushed me to the retinue. A large entourage of soldiers preceded the courtship and behind , as baroque as always, the royal carriage . At the arrival we had to kneel , to display a bow of belonging, however , for a moment , I hesitated and refused to belong to anyone. "You must prostrate " told me a familiar voice. However , I kept to my guns and remained intact , my face not even showed a single emotion . Then the royal carriage stopped in front of me . I must be differentiated from the crowd , since I only saw before me a pile of bowed heads . I struggled between run or to fa...
"Detrás de este triste espectáculo de palabras, tiembla indeciblemente la esperanza de que me leas, de que no haya muerto del todo en tu memoria." Julio Cortázar.