the talking problem
whenever someone asks me a question, i answer, and if it is the kind of question i wish to answer in detail, well, i do so, but, a very interesting thing happens when i am allowed to answer an interesting question.
it is not that the person in front of me disappears, it is more that they become obscured, overlayed to be precise. it is as if they are are standing in a dark room and i am in the yard and the glass is busy with trees. only instead of the trees it is the words i am saying, as if i am the weatherman reading off the teleprompter. only the words are spelt backwards and i have left my glasses at home, and as i squint and stutter and stall for time, minutes go by, and as i make to the end of my answer, i realise i have not seen this person in front of me. not at all.
but it is never anything to worry about. they are always very interested in what i have to say.