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one of my superpowers is being invisible.
o sure, sometimes the situation in which i am is such that i have to be seen.
these are characterised by intense inner conflict between my superpowers and the situation.
so people might well ask me the same thing over and over, but i dont notice.
sometimes the situation in which i am is such that i am implied.
these usually involve my being an explanation for the positioning of the leash behind su tong the wonder husky when we are out for a walk:
is he a wolf?
he has two different color eyes. is he blind? is that normal?
is he an alaskan fox terrier?
who's walking who?
at parties, i sit in a corner and smoke cigarettes.
my friends locate me by tracing the cloud of smoke back to the point where it narrows.
it's strange because i'm 6'2" tall with alot of hair and a beard and a kind of big presence.
but mostly i'm completely invisible.
sometimes people ask me: how do you become completely invisible?
but often by that time i have moved, so they are addressing the wall or the urinal.
i am reluctant to give instructions.
it is better that this be seen as a superpower.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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