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PARTISAN R EVIEW
oh yes, Don Dominic Vancea was ready . The story was beginning again:
the cacaphony, the miracle of the day would be returned to him.
Dressed in black, fres hly shaven, head gleaming like the polar moon,
hands in his pockets, lips pursed to whistle . " Disill usionment itself is a
fire , and reality is a waking dream. The good luck to die before the
death of one's passions" - yes, Maitre d'Auri ll ac, that's right. A dry
brow, upright and solid like that of a Roman senator. Roman the bald–
ness, and the eyes as well . He's at the door, ready to leave . He takes the
key from his pocket, along with a large red handerchi ef. In his black
work clothes, and in his white clothes of idleness and life , a handkerchief
is always included. Preferably red. Wh ite, black - sometimes a white one,
a black one. But five percent red, as nature requires. Nature and aesthet–
ics; five percent red . He slowly wipes his bald patch . Today, too, he 's
late: again they' ll growl at him when he arrives. More proof that noth–
ing has changed, that it's all the same, everything in its place .
Everythi ng in place,
dulcissim e,
we can leave. Here we go,
amantis–
sime,
we're starting again.
Translated from the Romanian
by
Patrick
Camiller
U N I V E R 5 I T Y
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H 0 U 5 TON
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M.FA.
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FacuLty
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Vuiting Writer.!
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Creative Writing Program.
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ROSELLEN BROWN
1995-1996
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
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Fall 1996 semester:
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Creative Writing Program
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