A Life

“He felt like a man who had strayed into a desert.”

Alfonso sits at his desk all day feeling like a fraud. He dreams of greatness but can barely finish a simple task at the bank.

Living in a boarding house makes every meal feel like an audition. You see him trying so hard to impress people who do not even care.

“Her love was a kind of intellectual curiosity.”

Annettte loves him because he is a project. She does not see a man. She sees a way to be less bored with her own life.

Small talk in a library can feel like a life or death battle. Alfonso overanalyzes every word until he loses the meaning of the conversation.