{"id":64881,"date":"2020-07-10T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damau.org\/?p=64881"},"modified":"2020-07-10T09:23:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T09:23:53","slug":"tao-cho-making-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damau.org\/en\/64881\/tao-cho-making-room","title":{"rendered":"T\u1ea1o Ch\u1ed7 \/ Making Room"},"content":{"rendered":"

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29 th\u00e1ng B\u1ea3y \u2013 18 th\u00e1ng T\u00e1m \/ T\u1ea1o Ch\u1ed7
K\u1ecbch b\u1ea3n cho Truy\u1ec7n C\u00f4ng C\u1ed9ng tr\u00ecnh di\u1ec5n t\u1ea1i B\u1ea3o T\u00e0ng Vi\u1ec7n Hammer, UCLA<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u0110\u00e2y l\u00e0 b\u00e0i th\u01a1 xu\u00f4i duy nh\u1ea5t trong Ph\u1ea7n VI c\u1ee7a t\u00e1c ph\u1ea9m Cittizen<\/i> m\u00e0 nh\u00e0 th\u01a1 Claudine Rankine ch\u1ec9 d\u00f9ng m\u1ed9t ng\u00f4i th\u1ee9 hai (you), \u00e1m ch\u1ec9 you<\/em> l\u00fac n\u00e0o c\u0169ng l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t ph\u1ea7n c\u1ee7a c\u00e2u chuy\u1ec7n v\u00e0 nh\u01b0 v\u1eady c\u0169ng l\u00e0 nh\u00e2n ch\u1ee9ng ho\u1eb7c ng\u01b0\u1eddi ph\u1ea3i ch\u1ecbu m\u1ed9t ph\u1ea7n tr\u00e1ch nhi\u1ec7m cho nh\u1eefng b\u1ea5t c\u00f4ng trong x\u00e3 h\u1ed9i. Nh\u01b0 nh\u1eefng b\u00e0i th\u01a1 kh\u00e1c trong t\u00e1c ph\u1ea9m, t\u00e2m tr\u1ea1ng b\u1ecb k\u1ef3 th\u1ecb kh\u00f4ng c\u1ea7n ph\u1ea3i \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c n\u00eau l\u00ean \u0111\u00edch th\u1ecb, m\u00e0 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c th\u1ec3 hi\u1ec7n gi\u00e1n ti\u1ebfp qua t\u00ecnh th\u1ebf, s\u1ef1 im l\u1eb7ng v\u00e0 c\u00e1ch t\u00e1c gi\u1ea3 x\u1eed d\u1ee5ng ng\u00f4n ng\u1eef.* <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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T\u1ea1o Ch\u1ed7<\/strong><\/font> <\/p>\n

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Tr\u00ean xe l\u1eeda, ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n b\u00e0 \u0111\u1ee9ng, l\u00e0m cho b\u1ea1n ngh\u0129 r\u1eb1ng kh\u00f4ng c\u00f2n ch\u1ed7 ng\u1ed3i n\u00e0o n\u1eefa. V\u1eady m\u00e0, th\u1eadt ra, c\u00f2n m\u1ed9t ch\u1ed7. B\u00e0 \u1ea5y \u0111ang s\u1eeda so\u1ea1n xu\u1ed1ng ga s\u1eafp \u0111\u1ebfn ch\u0103ng?[1]<\/a> Kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea3i, b\u00e0 th\u00e0 \u0111\u1ee9ng tr\u1ecdn \u0111\u01b0\u1eddng \u0111\u1ebfn ga Union. <\/p>\n

C\u00e1i ch\u1ed7 ng\u1ed3i tr\u1ed1ng k\u1ebf b\u00ean ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n \u00f4ng c\u0169ng gi\u1ed1ng nh\u01b0 m\u1ed9t kho\u1ea3ng kh\u1eafc im l\u1eb7ng trong cu\u1ed9c \u0111\u1ed1i tho\u1ea1i m\u00e0 b\u1ea1n b\u1ea5t ch\u1ee3t v\u1ed9i v\u00e0ng mu\u1ed1n l\u1ea5p \u0111\u1ea7y. B\u1ea1n b\u01b0\u1edbc qua n\u1ed7i s\u1ee3 c\u1ee7a ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n b\u00e0, m\u1ed9t n\u1ed7i s\u1ee3 m\u00e0 b\u00e0 ta mu\u1ed1n chia s\u1ebb. B\u1ea1n m\u1eb7c k\u1ec7 n\u1ed7i s\u1ee3 c\u1ee7a b\u00e0 ta. <\/p>\n

Ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n \u00f4ng kh\u00f4ng h\u1ec1 c\u00f3 m\u1ed9t ph\u1ea3n \u1ee9ng g\u00ec khi b\u1ea1n ng\u1ed3i xu\u1ed1ng v\u00ec \u00f4ng quen thu\u1ed9c v\u1edbi c\u00e1i ch\u1ed7 ng\u1ed3i tr\u1ed1ng n\u00e0y h\u01a1n b\u1ea1n nhi\u1ec1u. \u0110\u1ed1i v\u1edbi \u00f4ng \u1ea5y, b\u1ea1n t\u01b0\u1edfng t\u01b0\u1ee3ng, n\u00f3 gi\u1ed1ng nh\u01b0 h\u01a1i th\u1edf h\u01a1n l\u00e0 n\u1ed7i ng\u1ea1c nhi\u00ean; \u00f4ng \u0111\u00e3 ph\u1ea3i suy ngh\u0129 v\u1ec1 n\u00f3 nhi\u1ec1u l\u1eafm \u0111\u1ebfn n\u1ed7i \u0111i\u1ec1u \u0111\u00f3 kh\u00f4ng c\u00f2n c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 g\u1ecdi l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t suy ngh\u0129 n\u1eefa. <\/p>\n

Khi m\u1ed9t h\u00e0nh kh\u00e1ch kh\u00e1c r\u1eddi ch\u1ed7 ng\u1ed3i c\u1ee7a h\u1ecd v\u00e0 ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n b\u00e0 l\u00fac n\u00e3y \u0111\u1ee9ng nh\u01b0ng b\u00e2y gi\u1edd ng\u1ed3i xu\u1ed1ng ch\u1ed7 \u0111\u00f3, b\u1ea1n li\u1ebfc m\u1eaft nh\u00ecn ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n \u00f4ng. \u00d4ng \u1ea5y \u0111ang ch\u0103m ch\u00fa nh\u00ecn ra nh\u1eefng kho\u1ea3ng t\u1ed1i d\u01b0\u1eddng nh\u01b0 m\u1ecbt m\u00f9ng b\u00ean ngo\u00e0i khung c\u1eeda s\u1ed5. <\/p>\n

B\u1ea1n ng\u1ed3i k\u1ebf ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n \u00f4ng n\u00e0y tr\u00ean xe l\u1eeda, xe bu\u00fdt, tr\u00ean m\u00e1y bay, trong ph\u00f2ng ch\u1edd \u0111\u1ee3i, t\u1ea5t c\u1ea3 nh\u1eefng n\u01a1i ch\u1ed1n m\u00e0 \u00f4ng \u1ea5y c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 b\u1ecb m\u1ecdi ng\u01b0\u1eddi chung quanh ch\u1ed1i b\u1ecf. B\u1ea1n \u0111\u1eb7t th\u00e2n m\u00ecnh xu\u1ed1ng g\u1ea7n n\u01a1i \u0111\u00f3, k\u1ebf b\u00ean \u0111\u00f3, song song, b\u00ean trong \u0111\u00f3. <\/p>\n

B\u1ea1n kh\u00f4ng n\u00f3i g\u00ec tr\u1eeb khi ai n\u00f3i g\u00ec v\u1edbi b\u1ea1n. Th\u00e2n th\u1ec3 b\u1ea1n \u0111\u00e0m tho\u1ea1i v\u1edbi kho\u1ea3ng kh\u00f4ng gian b\u1ea1n \u0111ang chi\u1ebfm \u0111\u00f3ng v\u00e0 b\u1ea1n c\u1ed1 g\u1eafng l\u1ea5p \u0111\u1ea7y kho\u1ea3ng tr\u1ed1ng \u0111\u00f3 m\u1eb7c d\u00f9 \u0111\u00e2y l\u00e0 kho\u1ea3ng kh\u00f4ng gian thu\u1ed9c v\u1ec1 th\u00e2n th\u1ec3 ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n \u00f4ng \u0111ang ng\u1ed3i k\u1ebf b\u00ean b\u1ea1n, ch\u1ee9 kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea3i thu\u1ed9c v\u1ec1 b\u1ea1n. <\/p>\n

Khi ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n \u00f4ng b\u01b0\u1edbc \u0111i kh\u00f4ng gian \u0111\u00f3 c\u0169ng \u0111i theo v\u1edbi \u00f4ng. N\u1ebfu \u00f4ng \u1ea5y r\u1eddi kh\u1ecfi ch\u1ed7 ng\u1ed3i tr\u01b0\u1edbc khi \u0111\u1ebfn ga Union th\u00ec b\u1ea1n s\u1ebd ch\u1ec9 l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111ang ng\u1ed3i gh\u1ebf tr\u00ean xe l\u1eeda. B\u1ea1n s\u1ebd kh\u00f4ng c\u00f2n ch\u1ed1ng ch\u1ecdi v\u1edbi chi\u1ebfc gh\u1ebf tr\u1ed1ng l\u00fac n\u00e0o \u1edf \u0111\u00e2u t\u1ea1i sao kho\u1ea3ng kh\u00f4ng gian \u0111\u00f3 kh\u00f4ng m\u1ea5t \u0111i \u00fd ngh\u0129a c\u1ee7a n\u00f3.[2]<\/a> <\/p>\n

B\u1ea1n t\u01b0\u1edfng t\u01b0\u1ee3ng n\u1ebfu ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n \u00f4ng \u1ea5y n\u00f3i chuy\u1ec7n v\u1edbi b\u1ea1n \u00f4ng s\u1ebd n\u00f3i, kh\u00f4ng sao \u0111\u00e2u, t\u00f4i kh\u00f4ng sao \u0111\u00e2u, anh\/ch\u1ecb kh\u00f4ng c\u1ea7n ph\u1ea3i ng\u1ed3i \u0111\u00e2y. B\u1ea1n kh\u00f4ng c\u1ea7n ph\u1ea3i ng\u1ed3i, nh\u01b0ng b\u1ea1n ng\u1ed3i v\u00e0 nh\u00ecn xuy\u00ean qua \u00f4ng \u1ea5y v\u00e0o v\u00f9ng b\u00f3ng t\u1ed1i chi\u1ebfc xe l\u1eeda \u0111ang ch\u1ea1y qua. M\u1ed9t \u0111\u01b0\u1eddng h\u1ea7m. <\/p>\n

Trong b\u00f3ng t\u1ed1i, b\u1ea1n c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 nh\u00ecn k\u1ef9 \u00f4ng \u1ea5y. \u00d4ng \u1ea5y c\u00f3 c\u1ea3m th\u1ea5y b\u1ea1n \u0111ang nh\u00ecn \u00f4ng \u1ea5y kh\u00f4ng? B\u1ea1n nghi l\u00e0 c\u00f3. Nghi ng\u1edd c\u00f3 ngh\u0129a l\u00e0 g\u00ec? Nghi ng\u1edd l\u00e0m \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c vi\u1ec7c g\u00ec? <\/p>\n

Chi\u1ebfc \u00e1o cho\u00e0ng v\u1ea3i m\u1ec1m m\u00e0u xanh x\u00e1m c\u1ee7a b\u1ea1n ch\u1ea1m v\u00e0o tay \u00e1o \u00f4ng \u1ea5y. B\u1ea1n \u0111ang ng\u1ed3i vai so vai v\u1edbi \u00f4ng m\u1eb7c d\u00f9 n\u1ebfu \u0111\u1ee9ng l\u00ean th\u00ec b\u1ea1n c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 c\u1ea3m th\u1ea5y b\u00f3ng \u00f4ng \u1ea5y \u0111\u1ed5 l\u00ean ng\u01b0\u1eddi b\u1ea1n. B\u1ea1n ng\u1ed3i \u0111\u00e2y \u0111\u1ec3 ch\u1ec9nh s\u1eeda ai cho ai?[3]<\/a> B\u1ea1n x\u00f3a b\u1ecf \u00fd ngh\u0129 \u0111\u00f3. V\u00e0 c\u00f3 l\u1ebd \u0111i\u1ec1u \u0111\u00f3 c\u0169ng \u0111\u00e3 qu\u00e1 tr\u1ec5. <\/p>\n

C\u00f3 l\u1ebd \u0111i\u1ec1u \u0111\u00f3 lu\u00f4n lu\u00f4n qu\u00e1 tr\u1ec5 ho\u1eb7c qu\u00e1 s\u1edbm. Chi\u1ebfc xe l\u1eeda ch\u1ea1y qu\u00e1 nhanh \u0111\u1ec3 m\u1eaft b\u1ea1n \u0111i\u1ec1u ch\u1ec9nh k\u1ecbp v\u1edbi nh\u1eefng g\u00ec b\u00ean kia ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n \u00f4ng, c\u00e1nh c\u1eeda s\u1ed5, con \u0111\u01b0\u1eddng h\u1ea7m l\u00f3t g\u1ea1ch, v\u00f9ng t\u1ed1i tr\u01a1n nh\u1eaby c\u1ee7a n\u00f3. Th\u1ec9nh tho\u1ea3ng m\u1ed9t \u00e1nh \u0111\u00e8n s\u00e1ng tr\u1eafng ch\u1edbp ngang qua nh\u01b0 \u00e2m thanh b\u1ecb \u0111\u00e0y \u1ea3i. <\/p>\n

T\u1eeb b\u00ean kia l\u1ed1i \u0111i \u0111\u01b0\u1eddng r\u1ea7y c\u0103n ph\u00f2ng h\u1ea3i c\u1ea3ng th\u1ebf gi\u1edbi,[4]<\/a> m\u1ed9t ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n b\u00e0 h\u1ecfi m\u1ed9t ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n \u00f4ng ng\u1ed3i \u1edf h\u00e0ng gh\u1ebf tr\u01b0\u1edbc m\u1eb7t n\u1ebfu \u00f4ng \u1ea5y c\u00f3 ch\u1ecbu phi\u1ec1n \u0111\u1ed5i ch\u1ed7 hay kh\u00f4ng. B\u00e0 \u1ea5y mu\u1ed1n ng\u1ed3i chung v\u1edbi con g\u00e1i hay con trai c\u1ee7a b\u00e0. B\u1ea1n nghe nh\u01b0ng b\u1ea1n kh\u00f4ng nghe. B\u1ea1n kh\u00f4ng th\u1ea5y. <\/p>\n

Ngay l\u00fac \u0111\u00f3 ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n \u00f4ng ng\u1ed3i k\u1ebf b\u1ea1n quay qua b\u1ea1n. V\u00e0 gi\u1ed1ng nh\u01b0 t\u1eeb trong \u0111\u1ea7u b\u1ea1n b\u1ea1n \u0111\u1ed3ng \u00fd r\u1eb1ng n\u1ebfu c\u00f3 ai h\u1ecfi b\u1ea1n chuy\u1ec3n ch\u1ed7 th\u00ec b\u1ea1n s\u1ebd n\u00f3i v\u1edbi h\u1ecd r\u1eb1ng b\u1ea1n \u0111ang \u0111i chung v\u1edbi ng\u01b0\u1eddi nh\u00e0 c\u1ee7a b\u1ea1n. <\/p>\n

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Ph\u1ee5 Ch\u00fa**:<\/strong> <\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> Ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n b\u00e0 \u0111\u1ee9ng tr\u00ean xe l\u1eeda tuy c\u00f2n ch\u1ed7 tr\u1ed1ng ch\u1ec9 v\u00ec b\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng th\u00edch ng\u1ed3i c\u1ea1nh ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n \u00f4ng da \u0111en, tuy m\u00e0u da c\u1ee7a \u00f4ng kh\u00f4ng \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c t\u00e1c gi\u1ea3 n\u00eau l\u00ean, m\u00e0 ch\u1ec9 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c \u0111\u1ed9c gi\u1ea3 hi\u1ec3u ng\u1ea7m. <\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> Khi ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n \u00f4ng r\u1eddi kh\u1ecfi toa xe l\u1eeda, ng\u01b0\u1eddi ng\u1ed3i b\u00ean c\u1ea1nh \u00f4ng m\u1edbi nh\u1eadn ra r\u1eb1ng kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 s\u1ef1 hi\u1ec7n di\u1ec7n c\u1ee7a \u00f4ng, th\u00ec c\u00e1i gh\u1ebf tr\u1ed1ng m\u1edbi tr\u1edf th\u00e0nh v\u00f4 ngh\u0129a\/v\u00f4 t\u01b0\/v\u00f4 can\/kh\u00e1ch quan, c\u00f2n tr\u01b0\u1edbc \u0111\u00e2y n\u00f3 b\u1ecb ph\u1ee7 tr\u00f9m b\u1edfi \u1ea9n d\u1ee5 c\u1ee7a s\u1ef1 k\u1ef3 th\u1ecb m\u00e0u da, qua h\u00e0nh \u0111\u1ed9ng c\u1ee7a ng\u01b0\u1eddi ph\u1ee5 n\u1eef l\u00fac n\u00e3y kh\u00f4ng mu\u1ed1n ng\u1ed3i g\u1ea7n \u00f4ng. <\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> B\u1ea1n\/you, khi quy\u1ebft \u0111\u1ecbnh ng\u1ed3i g\u1ea7n ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n \u00f4ng, t\u1ef1 h\u1ecfi c\u00f3 ph\u1ea3i h\u00e0nh \u0111\u1ed9ng c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh l\u00e0 ph\u1ea3n \u1ee9ng t\u1ef1 nhi\u00ean hay l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t h\u00e0nh \u0111\u1ed9ng ch\u00ednh tr\u1ecb trong c\u00e1ch mu\u1ed1n bi\u1ec3u t\u1ecf s\u1ef1 \u0111o\u00e0n k\u1ebft v\u1edbi ng\u01b0\u1eddi da \u0111en. \u201cCh\u1ec9nh s\u1eeda\u201d \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c d\u1ecbch t\u1eeb repair<\/em>, c\u0169ng c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 hi\u1ec3u l\u00e0 h\u00e0nh \u0111\u1ed9ng ph\u1ee5c h\u1ed3i (xu\u1ea5t x\u1ee9 t\u1eeb ch\u1eef reparation<\/em>) qua c\u00f4ng l\u00fd v\u00e0 lu\u1eadt ph\u00e1p, \u0111\u1ec1n \u0111\u00e1p l\u1ea1i m\u1ecdi b\u1ea5t c\u00f4ng m\u00e0 ng\u01b0\u1eddi M\u1ef9 da \u0111en \u0111\u00e3 ph\u1ea3i h\u1ee9ng ch\u1ecbu t\u1eeb qu\u00e1 kh\u1ee9. <\/p>\n

[4]<\/a> \u201cT\u1eeb b\u00ean kia l\u1ed1i \u0111i \u0111\u01b0\u1eddng r\u1ea7y c\u0103n ph\u00f2ng h\u1ea3i c\u1ea3ng th\u1ebf gi\u1edbi\u201d\u2014n\u00ean \u0111\u1ec3 \u00fd l\u00e0 nh\u1eefng kh\u00f4ng gian n\u00e0y kh\u00f4ng b\u1ecb chia c\u00e1ch b\u1edfi nh\u1eefng d\u1ea5u ph\u1ea9y, v\u00ec ch\u00fang bi\u1ec3u hi\u1ec7n cho kh\u00f4ng gian \u0111o\u00e0n k\u1ebft, trong khi \u1edf \u0111o\u1ea1n 5 b\u00ean tr\u00ean, \u201cB\u1ea1n ng\u1ed3i k\u1ebf ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e0n \u00f4ng n\u1ea7y tr\u00ean xe l\u1eeda, xe bu\u00fdt, tr\u00ean m\u00e1y bay, trong ph\u00f2ng ch\u1edd \u0111\u1ee3i, t\u1ea5t c\u1ea3 nh\u1eefng n\u01a1i ch\u1ed1n m\u00e0 \u00f4ng \u1ea5y c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 b\u1ecb m\u1ecdi ng\u01b0\u1eddi chung quanh ch\u1ed1i b\u1ecf\u201d v\u1edbi nh\u1eefng d\u1ea5u ph\u1ea9y bi\u1ec3u hi\u1ec7n cho s\u1ef1 chia r\u1ebd, b\u1ecb \u0111\u00e0y \u1ea3i, ch\u1ed1i b\u1ecf.  <\/p>\n

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Making Room
<\/strong><\/font>July 29-August 18, 2014 \/Making Room
Script for Public Fiction at Hammer Museum<\/em><\/p>\n

On the train the woman standing makes you understand there are no seats available. And, in fact, there is one. Is the woman getting off at the next stop? No, she would rather stand all the way to Union Station. <\/p>\n

The space next to the man is the pause in a conversation you are suddenly rushing to fill. You step quickly over the woman’s fear, a fear she shares. You let her have it. <\/p>\n

The man doesn’t acknowledge you as you sit down because the man knows more about the unoccupied seat than you do. For him, you imagine, it is more like breath than wonder; he has had to think about it so much you wouldn’t call it thought. <\/p>\n

When another passenger leaves his seat and the standing woman sits, you glance over at the man. He is gazing out the window into what looks like darkness. <\/p>\n

You sit next to the man on the train, bus, in the plane, waiting room, anywhere he could be forsaken. You put your body there in proximity to, adjacent to, alongside, within. <\/p>\n

You don’t speak unless you are spoken to and your body speaks to the space you fill and you keep trying to fill it except the space belongs to the body of the man next to you, not to you. <\/p>\n

Where he goes the space follows him. If the man left his seat before Union Station you would simply be a person in a seat on the train. You would cease to struggle against the unoccupied seat when where why the space won’t lose its meaning. <\/p>\n

You imagine if the man spoke to you he would say, it’s okay, I’m okay, you don’t need to sit here. You don’t need to sit and you sit and look past him into the darkness the train is moving through. A tunnel. <\/p>\n

All the while the darkness allows you to look at him. Does he feel you looking at him? You suspect so. What does suspicion mean? What does suspicion do? <\/p>\n

The soft gray-green of your cotton coat touches the sleeve of him. You are shoulder to shoulder though standing you could feel shadowed. You sit to repair whom who? You erase that thought. And it might be too late for that. <\/p>\n

It might forever be too late or too early. The train moves too fast for your eyes to adjust to anything beyond the man, the window, the tiled tunnel, its slick darkness. Occasionally, a white light flickers by like a displaced sound. <\/p>\n

From across the aisle tracks room harbor world a woman asks a man in the rows ahead if he would mind switching seats. She wishes to sit with her daughter or son. You hear but you don’t hear. You can’t see. <\/p>\n

It’s then the man next to you turns to you. And as if from inside your own head you agree that if anyone asks you to move, you’ll tell them we are traveling as a family. <\/p>\n

Originally published in Citizen: An American Lyric<\/em> (Graywolf Press, 2014). Copyright \u00a9 by Claudia Rankine<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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