Do you remember?

• Author: Elizondo, Salvador
• Position: From Farabeuf - Excerpt - Brief article

Arriving at the doorway reflected in the mirror, I would not have turned around had it not been for that disturbing noise which was lost among the shadows of the hallway before I was able to capture it forever, before I was able to prevent it from reaching the night. Something, perhaps a cruel look, held me and made me turn toward the path I had just finished walking. Something, perhaps the memory of a faraway moment--yes, perhaps the memory of ... suddenly assaulted me and my eyes turned toward the vestiges of deathly light barely filtering through the thick pleats of the faded velvet drapes. I would have screamed, perhaps, had the mutilated presence of that memory, of that imagined being, not drowned the fear in my throat with its mere glance. Yes, I would have screamed, had the sound of my voice, uttered like the definitive oncoming of night, been enough to erase the memory or the image. Do you remember ... ? he said turning towards me from the other side of the...