It Took Me Sixteen Years To Write.

Migration Gives A Blank Cheque To Put Anything You Don't Feel Like Addressing In The Memory Hold. No Neighbours Can Go Against The Monster Narrative Of Your Family.

You Ask Everybody You Know: How Long Does It Usually Take To Get Over It? There Are Many Formulas. One Year For Every Year You Dated. Two Years For Every Year You Dated. It's Just A Matter Of Will Power: The Day You Decide It's Over, It's Over. You Never Get Over It.

You Never Forget The Discovery Years. First Kisses. The First Time You Try Certain Foods.

We Can Speculate. Last Time I Checked, The Future Doesn't Take My Advice.

I Grew Up In The Shadow Of The Trujillato, Saw How The Regime Had Ravaged So Many Families.