A letter to the Colonel from princess Saturday
My dearest Colonel: I write this letter while lying in bed, sick of a slight cough –nothing serious. But with a deep ache in my soul. I can’t stand loneliness and I’m sure I’m a little depressed –just as my cough, nothing serious but real enough to hurt me. What can I say? You don’t seem very interested in me and I feel very pathetic writing all of this… Why should you care about my state of health or of mind? Why should I send a desperate note from my isolation, wishing for you to answer in a theatrical tone and save me from this sadness? And I know, no, you simply don’t care about me. Days pass by and people ignore just like it’s been all my life. I’m trapped inside my loneliness but I don’t know how to escape, or maybe I am too weak and afraid to raise my foot and step just once and then start walking. I’m not that courageous. I’ve always encourag...