A Paris Affair
“—MOLIÈRE (1622–1673), Les Fourberies de Scapin Dear Jean-Baptiste, Yes, I destroyed everything. There’s nothing left. The glassware is in pieces. The porcelain dishes are jigsaw puzzles. The paintings are slashed. The couches disemboweled. The books torn to shreds. Your computer exploded. The TV and the DVD player beyond repair. Your iPad is in the toilet bowl. Your suits have no arms or legs. Your shoes have been soaked in bleach.
I created this mess in quite a methodical way. I wanted to atta...ck everything that represented the eight years we spent together. It hurt me to look at our photograph albums. All those images of vanished happiness, short-lived contentment, all those smiling faces, those family scenes, our honeymoon, our first Christmas together, those birthdays and vacations … I couldn’t bear to look at them anymore. So I burned them, one by one, along with all your letters.
The CDs and DVDs were more difficult. They’re surprisingly hard to break. But I managed in the end, with the aid of a large pair of scissors.MoreLess
I created this mess in quite a methodical way. I wanted to atta...ck everything that represented the eight years we spent together. It hurt me to look at our photograph albums. All those images of vanished happiness, short-lived contentment, all those smiling faces, those family scenes, our honeymoon, our first Christmas together, those birthdays and vacations … I couldn’t bear to look at them anymore. So I burned them, one by one, along with all your letters.
The CDs and DVDs were more difficult. They’re surprisingly hard to break. But I managed in the end, with the aid of a large pair of scissors.MoreLess
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