BIZARRE CONNECTION
November 14th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS by Arundhati Roy had not landed in my bookshelf for so long. I’ve leafed through its pages many times in the past in bookstores but never lifted a finger to purchase it. Until last night, we came across each other at a pre-owned books sale inside U.P. ( University of the Philippines) campus.
It was sealed so it took me some time to find the personal notes written by the previous owner inside. Well, I was, for a moment, frightened ~ succumbed by the darkness in the words he/she used… The dim streetlights in the area made it even strange, as we all read what was hand-written on the preface ( looked like beautiful calligraphy to me). He wrote.” It’s easier to see the ceiling when you’re lying in a coffin.”
Jo, Marko, Vee and Luis said it could be lines from a gothic song or poetry, I could be wrong. I almost believed it was a lyrical curse handed down to me. On the inside back cover, I had read.” You took up television like it’s a drug, stay away, pull out the plug. You got better things to do, you got people who love you and _________. ”
He left no trace of his identity in the book, it will forever be a mystery. I am now its new keeper.
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