THE VOICE
-Hello. Are you at the computer?
For some reason I decide to answer:
- Yeah.
- Wonderful. You know, I was leaving work today and saw a kitten thrown out by someone
...
- Congratulations.
- And you know, he sat in a cardboard box, hiding from the rain.
- You weren’t mistaken in private?
- Oh no. Can I tell you more? I'm interested. Just wondering.
- Go ahead.
- So, he was sitting in a box, and the box was lying on its side. And the kitten was sitting
with his back to the world.
- What?
- He sat with his muzzle to the bottom of the box. I told you the box was on its side.
Somehow stupid ... but somehow interesting.
- So what?
- He was very small, maximum of a month and a half years old.
- What are you driving at?
- You are like that kitten.
H'm. Well, wow.
- You mean, hairy?
- Haha. No, I mean, you are sitting with your back to the huge world.
- What?
- You, like that kitten, were thrown into the huge real world from the heat and
facilities. You found for yourself a cardboard box, sat in it and turned
back to the world ...
- Can i ask you?
- Certainly.
- Are you a fool or kidding.
- Why are you doing that?
- Why are you talking about nonsense?
- This is not nonsense. Am I wrong, in your opinion?
- In my opinion, yes.
- Tell me, how long have you seen the rain?
- What?
- Rain.
- What's the rain?
- When was the last time you saw it raining outside?
- At the beginning of the month I saw ... But why you asking me about that?
- Did you not pay attention to what I was saying? That I saw yesterday a homeless kitten
hiding from the rain?
- I don’t understand.
- It's been pouring for days on the street for a week already.
I am amazed.
I sit and look out the window. And it really rains there. Didn't I even hear the knock of drops
on the windowsill?
Incredible. I do not know what to write.
“You didn't even notice him, did you?
- Who you are?
- Go outside.
- Why?
- How long was the last time you walked in the rain? Just walking, not walking under the
cover of an umbrella?
- Who you are?
- Turn your face to the world. Cardboard boxes tend to get soaked and torn over time.
- WHO YOU ARE?
The voice says that the player cannot receive my message.
I download it info.
After all, what the hell ?!
I step away from the window and begin to pull on my jacket.
I leave the entrance.
Out of my cardboard box and out into the world.
And there is rain. Clean, already summer rain.
Warm and affectionate.
There are children playing in the summer rain.
Damn it, summer has already come ... and in fact, just recently celebrated the New Year.
Fuck it all!
I go out from under the porch and walk, exposing my face to the raindrops.
And that's great.