Standing erect to his full foot height and sending me an ironic kiss with the palm of his right arm, Elf pronounced:
-Ecco un filosofo! [Here, a philosopher!]
He had this glitter in his eyes, sign of some mischief ahead.
-Please, I pleaded knowing it was useless, do not try to emulate Tosca, will you?!
He was quoting a slightly changed line from the Opera where Floria Tosca cry:
Ecco un artista! [Here, an artist],
thinking her beloved Mario feigned very well his falling in front a shooting squad before she realized he was actually shot to dead.
You see the implications!
-Please, don’t be ridiculous, I was trying shame him into silence.
-Ridiculous, ridiculous my butt! he was not shamed and never will be, you know who is ri-dic-u-lous? he marked the word (syllable separation is mine, he is not able to recognize what a syllable is!!), You are ri-dic-u-lous!!! Thinking all those inebriated little thoughts about Honesty!
-I am not ridiculous, and there are no little thoughts in my thinking! I was affronted! I was pretty proud about my disquisitions on so deep a subject, I know I am not a philosopher, but I can think, by Jove!
-You are, too!
-No, I am not, period!
-No? ask anyone what can they make of this sentence:
"facts, I try to define, are as certain as thoughts but difficult to understand in its ontological reality."
this only a small instance! And it was not enough one note but you need three to say nothing at all!
-How can you argue with an empty mind, I said and immediately regretted saying it, I was being venomous and should have restrained myself, there is no point insulting people… or goblins for that matter!
He seemed not affected by my words or anger.
-Now look, life is simple if you can let your hands open, the moment you fold your fingers to grab someting or to turn your hand into a fist is when things get complex!
-Well, that is what I wrote, I said, surprised to see he has understood my meaning.
-So, why didn’t you said it so instead of writing so many elaborated and difficult sentences? It took me just so many words to define your thoughts!
He had a point there! what were my reasons? self complacency? Trying to show off my “knowledge”, but nobody read this, of course it stays online and… Oh, well, maybe there is all that and more selfish feelings. Phew! this darned imp always find a way to puncture my ego balloon. Maybe he really is doing his job to lead the way, as he always points out!
I felt like Tosca over Mario’s dead body, looking down to my dead ego! Darn it all! He knew what he was saying when called at me: Ecco un filosofo…! Only I didn’t jump over the battlement of the Sant’Angelo Castle nor dare to tease Elf with the sentence “Avante Dio”…
© 2007 Soother.
1 comment:
Od, you said "nobody read this"...but hey! look there's somebody reading this now after more than 3 years this was published! :)
You never know what lies in your path! Unpredicted, of course!
Yeah, Elf is really older than both of us judging from the way he expresses his views!
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