Quasimodo, or blind Frani

2022-06-19 13:09:10Pikëpamje SHKRUAR NGA BEN BLUSHI
Quasimodo, or blind Frani
Quasimodo, or blind Frani

On the way from Mamurras to Lac, I saw a man. He walked shaking. With short legs and big head. He looked like a Victor Hugo character. Like a Quasimodo.

How are you, I told him

I'm fine, he said

What's your name?

Fran

Do I take a picture?

No I do not want

Just a picture

I do not want to say

I will make one, I said

"If you do, I will take you to court," Frani said

I did not do it, but I will do it, I said

You only take a picture of me if you give me 10 thousand lek

I do not pay for pictures, I said

How to love then do not do me

Expect Fran that I have friends in the area

Who is your friend?

The parish priest, Dom Altinin

Do you have a friend Dom Altinja?

I have it, I said

Come home, said Frani

I'm not coming if you do not let me take pictures

Will let you do what you want just come from home, said Frani

Who does Fran live with?

With a sick mother and brother

I'm going to get Dom Altin and I'm coming

Po ju pres, tha Frani

More Dom Monday

Dom Altini do we go to Frani, I told him

What do you want from Frani, asked Dom Altini

He looked like Quasimodo at the Paris Cathedral, I said, I definitely want to photograph him

Did Frani ask you for anything, Dom Altini asked

I will say it later, I said

He is blind and sick, said Dom Altini

Yes he walked himself as he finds the way, I asked

Here it is, said Dom Altini, limping and seeing for himself

We go home, I said

Dom Altinja, how are you good man, said Frani

This friend of mine is making a book will photograph you, said Dom Altini

As many times as he wants, said Frani

Fran if you are sick, I asked

I do not look out of sight, said Frani

How old are you?

54

How old are you that you are not a boss?

Since 6 months

But how does he find the way?

It bufi

Open your eyes to photograph you

I hapa, tha Frani

Are you kidding me?

Very turbulent, said Frani

But when I met you where were you going?

I bought soda for the stomach

But how do you find the store and then the house?

I'm used to counting steps, Frani said

What about your legs Fran?

I have them destroyed here above the knee and I have them empty

What disease do you have?

Soil disease, we call saw disease

To fall often?

Several times a week

How are you being treated Fran?

I smoke

How do I smoke?

When the disease comes I smoke cigarettes and it goes away

So you smoke cigarettes out of pity, I said

Smoke to live, said Frani

I quit smoking because I would forgive a pack, I said

There is nothing, said Frani, yes I have a request

Tell me, I said

Do not tell Dom Altinja that I asked you for money for the photo

I do not say, I said

Will I pay you just do not tell me I am ashamed, said Frani

No need, I said, not telling her

I do not believe you, said Frani

Then I'm telling her, I said

"God forbid," said Frani

Do not talk like that Fran, God does not kill, said Dom Altini

Forgive me Dom Altinja, God bless your friend

In vain do you say, said Dom Altini, he does not believe in God

Who does not believe in God?

Well, that Dom Monday, so it binds the dot

Go away, said the blind Frani, I do not want to see you with my eyes anymore

Ika, I said

God bless you both, said Dom Altini


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