I stick my nose to the huge aquarium. Look, Mommy, those fish are beautiful. And so sad. They're just wiggling around, not saying anything. Do they have a mother? Do they go to school? Where do they go when they want to be alone? I look for a red tail. It must be super boring being a fish. A little fish sticks its nose to the aquarium. Look, Mommy, those people are beautiful. And so sad. They're just waving their mouths, not saying anything, and waddling around. I think it's super boring being human.
(Translated by Luciana-Maria Buruiană / University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, MTTLC, year II / Corrected by Silvia Petrescu, coordinator of the translations)
Versiunea în română a acestui text se poate citi aici, în rubrica Ficțiuni Reale.