Unoda Basa Rako Here?

Mavhiki mashoma apfuura muCuba, murume wangu Paul neni takashandira wega mutungamiriri / mutyairi anonzi Danny kuti atiendese kumaguta ekunze kweHavana. Danny asati ave mutungamiriri, aive mutevedzeri wemumiriri. Kunge maCuba ese atakasangana nawo, Danny morphed kubva kuhurumende nedhipatimendi kuenda kune zvekushanya nekutyaira kombi nekuti yekupedzisira yakabhadhara zvakanyanya."Mumazuva gumi ekutyaira tekisi, ndinowana zvandakaita mumwedzi semumiriri," akatsanangura Danny. Kana magweta uye vemishonga vari kuwana madhora gumi nemashanu kusvika pamadhora makumi matatu pamwedzi, vashanyi nematipi hazvisi zvekushora.

Patakasvika muCienfuegos, Danny aifara chaizvo paakaratidza masisitimu-echinyakare, ane mavara-ekare, neoclassical zvivakwa uye akatikwenya kuenda kunoona dzimba dzehuni dzemazana zana nemakumi mapfumbamwe dzakamira. Rimwe zuva, patakamira kuti tidye paladar (yekudyira yega) enroute kuenda kuTrinidad, Danny akatanga kuita nhanho-mbiri kumimhanzi yepakati. Panzira yemugwagwa, akange aine nguva yakanaka yekutiratidza kamera yeCuba joke - yakagadzirwa nematangi echinyakare echinwiwa. Imwe nguva, pataive tichifambisa tichienda kuguva raErnesto (Che) Guevara, Danny airidza muridzo. Handina chokwadi, asi inogona kunge iri rwiyo kubva kuchimurenga.

“Danny, ndiudzewo chokwadi. Wanga uri mumiriri. Wakafamba uye wakararama hupenyu hunonakidza. Unozvichengeta sei zvakasiyana uye zvichikurudzira kana iwe uchityaira vanhu vakasiyana kunzvimbo zhinji dzakaenzana? Hausi kufinhwa here? ”

"Wabhowa?" Danny akabvunza, kunge aisanzwisisa zvandaitaura. “Ndiri kufanirwa kumira na6 masikati. husiku hwese, asi izvo hazvina kumboitika. Imhaka yekuti ndinodanana nemutengi wega wega. ”

"Mukuda nemutengi wega wega?" Ndakabvunza. Ino nguva yaive ini ndakaita senge ndisinganzwisise zvaitaurwa neangu wandaitaura naye.

"Ehe. Munhu wega wega ibhuku uye hupenyu. Kana hupenyu hwakawanda nemabhuku. Ndiwo madzidzisiro andinoita. Ndihwo hupfumi hwehupenyu hwangu. Ndinoda zvandinoita. ”

Ndakavhenekera kumashure kune chiitiko chandakanga ndawana panhandare yendege muAlbuquerque, New Mexico, apo ndaive pamutsetse unoita seusingaperi wevanhu vachitora makiyi avo, shangu, mabhanhire, malaptop, majaketi, nekutakura-bhandi pabhandi rekutakura. Iye murume akaswera zuva rake akatarisa zvinhu pa x-ray skrini aive ane hushamwari uye achifara zvakandishamisa.

"You seem so happy," ndakadaro kwaari.

“Ndiri kufara. Ndinoda basa rangu. ”

"Unozviona zvichishaya basa here?"

"Aihwa. Kana bodo. Munhu mumwe nemumwe anopfuura neakasiyana. Ndinoti mhoroi. Vanondiudza tumashoko tudiki nezvehupenyu hwavo, senge kwavari kuenda kana kwavanobva. Vanoseka kuti ndinofanira kungwarira neshangu dzavo dzinodhura. Ndinozvichengeta zviri zvitsva. "Kana uri chigororo paunouya kubasa, izuva rakaipa, uye ndinoda kuva nemazuva akanaka."

Uye zvino bhanhire rinofamba rakaenderera mberi, uye ini ndakatarisana nemurume iyeye achikwazisa waaitevera.

Socorro, mukadzi akachengeta mamwe mamiriro ehurongwa mumba mangu vhiki mbiri kweanopfuura makore gumi, anodada nebasa rake. Ndakamukurudzira kushamwari zhinji, uye isu tese tinobvumirana kuti mushure mekubva kwaSocorro, hupenyu hwedu hunoratidzika kunge hunogona kugadziriswa nekuti nzvimbo dzekugara dzakachena uye dzakarongeka.

Socorro asati atora basa, anobvunzurudza munhu anozomushandira. "Ndiri kungoda kushandira vanhu vakanaka," anodaro. "Haisi nyaya yemari chete." Uye kana akanganisa, anowira pasi. "Ndinoda kuti vatengi vangu vafare," anodaro. Ndinoedza kumutsanangurira kuti handisi kufara kana akakanganisa; chinhu chidiki, hombe hapana. Asi kuna Socorro, kumuwanisa basa nemazvo kunomupa pfungwa yekugutsikana.

Shamwari yangu Ivan anoshandira isingabatsiri muArizona. Kubvira ini ndichimuziva, anga achisiririsa pabasa. Anonzwa kuti ari kubhadharwa mari shoma, uye avo vaanoshanda navo vane hunyanzvi hwakanyanya kupfuura hwaakaita vakawana mazita uye kudos. "Ndini Mr. Cellophane," akambondiudza, mushure mekunge aona bhaisikopo Chicago. "Zvinoita sekuti handipo." Uye akaenderera mberi nekutora mazwi kubva murwiyo rwaJohn Kander naFred Ebb:

Cellophane

Mai Cellophane
Ndinofanira kuva zita rangu
Mai Cellophane
’Nekuti unogona kutarisa chaiko kuburikidza neni
Famba pedyo neni
Uye usamboziva kuti ndiripo ...

Munguva pfupi yapfuura, ndakawana email kubva kuna Ivan, uye ndaifanirwa kuve nechokwadi kuti chaive chaicho kubva kwaari uye kwete mumwe munhu akange abira email yake. Akanzwika kufara. Hapana chaive chachinja nezvebasa rake. Haana kuwana kukwidziridzwa kana zita rinoshamisira. Akanga achiita basa remumunda, uye akaona kuti aiita shanduko muhupenyu hwevanhu. Zvaaiita zvaikosha. Izvo zvaive zvisiri zvekuzvikudza kwake, kufambira mberi kwake, kana kunyangwe kuti akatendwa. Asi akangoerekana anzwa akakosha, uye mafungire ekuchinja akachinja basa rake kubva mukukuya kuita chimwe chinhu chine musoro.

Kana munhu achinyunyuta nezvekusamuda iye kana basa rake, mhinduro yenguva dzose ndeyekubvunza kana vangangoda kutsvaga rimwe basa. Asi izvo zvandakadzidza panhandare yendege, mune email, kubva kumukadzi anochenesa imba yangu, uye kubva kune mumiriri-akatendeuka-mutyairi wetekisi zvakandiratidza kuti kuchinja kwemaonero kunogona kuve kwakakosha sekuchinja kwebasa.

Icho, ndinofunga, chimwe chinhu chekufunga.

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