February 2012
20 posts
From Arenas’s ‘Farewell to the Sea’
“And beyond, out toward that point, where the beach turns to rocks and open sea begins, another group of animals, to all appearances dancing. How useless words are. All you’d have to say is ‘Look at them’ for them to disappear instantly. I don’t say a word. I close my eyes. There they are lifting their enormous wings, gesturing, off along the beach. But above all, the calm. Over all the ruckus,...
