PUBLIC AND ETERNAL

MICRO STORIES

Nicolás J. Marinelli

PUBLIC AND ETERNAL

"Those people didn't want me to study because I was poor and ugly.

Now they say to me: 'Thank you, doc.'

I just smile and think of my mom and her little holy card, and of my dad and his worn-out back. I think of the nights with mate and Don Satur, and of so many, many people who said me: 'There it is. Go for it. You can do it.'"