On The Write Path

Among the banished (Brașov)

Among the banished

"I could live in Schei, like Romanian forefathers, banished beyond the gates, outside of the sights of uptight Saxons, their rule governed guilds, the looming Black Church, the gloom of Baroque architecture and swarms of tourists. I could slurp my soup, dumplings and all, chew my cabbage rolls, inhale potatoes, polenta, pork... be happy! In Brașov I feel hemmed in by mountains, dwarfed by history, a mere footnote soon forgotten. But here, among the banished, where the sky is more open, the square more human-scaled, the food more authentic... I might flourish."

© Kåre Enga [28.octombrie.2016, written in Brașov and sent to Teresa Blum in Montana; edited]

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