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interview with juan sánchez-cortés (2011)

adapted from "interview with hara tamiki (1950)", anne carson, men in the off hours

i: death.

j s-c: it makes me cry, but only after a lag phase.

i: love.

j s-c: love makes me suffer. always.

i: madness.

j s-c: madness is the way i operate.

i: passion.

j s-c: passion always feels good, and always fades away.

i: balance.

j s-c: balance is what i strive for.

i: dreams.

j s-c: i just discovered they are a waste of time.

i: gods.

j s-c: i wished i could get it.

i: bureaucrats.

j s-c: i don't get it either.

i: tears.

j s-c: tears are always in demand.

i: laughter.

j s-c: laughter is what i want to remember.

i: war.

j s-c: a complete waste of time.

i: humankind.

j s-c: a bunch of assholes if you ask me.

i: why not take the shorter way home.

j s-c: i intended to. i made one mistake after the other and ended up taking the longest way. some people say that they learned something in the process.  i would change it in a heartbeat if i could.