and I mistake one for the other. Turquoise and magenta. In the dark I know them all. By heart. Including the colors of the rainbow but only when there are three. Orange because I am fond of orangeries, maroon because I was marooned once and green because I like green. You'd put me on the spot if I was colour blind and you would tell me to get you that colourful shirt from the wardrobe, it's fortunate I don't acknowledge orders. Today I'm ambitious and I'm going to put on a turquoise jacket just for the simple fact that I'm going on holiday to Turkey.
(Translated by Alina-Dorina Nicolae / University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, MTTLC, year I / Corrected by prof. dr. Nadina Vișan / Edited by Silvia Petrescu, coordinator of the translations)
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