SIT AND WAIT
Waiting is the worst thing that can be inflicted upon a man. That is what Jorge Aleagano told himself as he sat on a bench in Lafontaine Park. It is like a lump stuck in one’s throat—it will neither go up nor down. It simply sits there, motionless, waiting. What is most irritating is that this state of waiting can only be resolved by an external force. For a time
our lives are placed on hold, left under the control of the uncontrollable. Life unfolds entirely independently of one’s own will—and this holds true regardless of what it is one happens to be waiting for. Jorge Aleagano was waiting for a hot dog vendor, who had stepped away for a moment to restock his supply of mustard. Yes, Jorge Aleagano was enduring the torments of waiting—all because of a bottle of mustard. No matter the object of one’s anticipation, the suffering is real; it seeps into one’s thoughts like venom. It courses through the veins, chilling the blood; one begins to feel a tingling in the legs, as if a swarm of ants were crawling all over. Ah, waiting—what a torture it is, thought Jorge Aleagano, as he stood on the verge of giving up on the object he so desired.

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