The man presses his lips together and claims that he has no past.
I see the tense fist, the blood that stopped flowing warmly, the
Blasphemy in his features, the white lines of sorrow and despair.
He drowns his own face and allows his heart to be disintegrated
Behind a functional façade. Guilt embitters his gestures. Shreds every
Possible particle of oblivion into pieces. Guilt is a tireless reminder.
He never thinks about forgiving himself, he saw the consequences of his
Actions. They were never spoken of, never withered away into a darkness
That would transform itself into a divorced light. He would never be alone.
He suppressed the chance of a dialogue, he’d have to face himself, that tremulous
Face that did everything wrong, copied all the deep patterns. He left her in silence.
His voice, an untamable beast that kept massacring the leash and everything it represents.
“Man wearing top hat” by József Rippl-Rónai (1861-1927)
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My name is Laura Gentile. I’m of German-Italian descent and I speak five languages such as English, German, French, Italian, Luxembourgish and I’m currently learning Romanian.
I hold a Master of Arts Degree in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Dissertation: The Decadent in Love with his Psychopomp: Thomas Mann's 'Death in Venice' and Adrian Lyne's 'Lolita') and a Master of Letters by Research in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Thesis: Romanticising Decadence and Aestheticising Death: Women as Projection Bodies and Mimetic Identities in Zola’s 'Thérèse Raquin', Schnitzler’s 'Dream Story', Süskind’s 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer' and Eugenides’ 'The Virgin Suicides').
My debut novel, 'Within Paravent Walls', will be published by WiDo Publishing / E. L. Marker.
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