Thursday 13 December 2007

Belly Laughs

Right now, a man is stretching like a corpulent cat, in front of me. He seems completely nonplussed by the fact that he’s in a very public place, exposing more skin than should be legal, for anyone who accidentally looks his way (God help them). His face is peach-colored, and his belly is taut and bloated the way a boa constrictor might look if it were to eat a goat. When he stretched, his shirt clearly wanted to run away and got as far as his chest, leaving that bauble of flesh exposed for all the world to see. I was just trying to take in more of Switzerland’s beauty. Clearly, my translation needs work.

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