Lauren DeStefano: "Ceritakan tentang dirimu. "" Aku sendiri?...

"Ceritakan tentang dirimu. "" Aku sendiri? "Dia tampak bingung." Ya, "kataku, menepuk kasur." Kau tahu semua yang perlu diketahui, "katanya, duduk di sampingku." Tidak benar, "kataku. "Dimanakah kamu lahir? Apa musim favoritmu? Apa saja. "" Di sini. Florida, "katanya." Aku ingat seorang wanita berpakaian merah dengan rambut cokelat keriting. Mungkin dia ibuku, aku tidak yakin. Dan musim panas. Bagaimana dengan Anda? "Bagian terakhir dikatakan sambil tersenyum. Dia jarang tersenyum sehingga saya menganggap masing-masing sebagai piala."

--- Lauren DeStefano

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Tell me about yourself." "Myself?" He looks confused. "Yes," I say, patting the mattress. "You know all there is to know," he says, sitting beside me. "Not true," I say. "Where were you born? What's your favourite season? Anything." "Here. Florida," he says. "I remember a woman in a red dress with curly brown hair. Maybe she was my mother, I'm not sure. And summer. What about you?" The last part is said with a smile. He smiles so infrequently that I consider each one a trophy.