The first books Dad gave me were OLD MAN AND THE SEA and For Whom the Bell Tolls and from the age of eight, I started reading literature. Today while cleaning my drawers I found the notebook dad had given me to write the numbers and the names of the books.
I look at the first number and the name. It said, The Ten Commandments.


I went to the Vegetable garden. Thinking the little girl may remember me standing in this garden.

The house smells of flowers and basil. They smell of Home.

He kisses me. They smell of you, he says.

The little girl is all dirty again. She has to go to bed soon. I need to finish a translation. Earlier today I listened to the song you used to sing Maman. I miss you. I want to forget.