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Then he added, "You see what I mean. They'd toss me the loaf, and three or four of us, all famished, would fight over it. So go on, then  think grand thoughts, create beautiful things in an environment of such distress." THEN HE ADDED YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN THE AGE TOSS ME THE LOAF AND THREE OR FOUR OF US ALL FAMISHED WOULD FIGHT OVER IT SO GO ON THEN THINK GRAND THOUGHTS CREATE BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF SUCH DISTRESS
ures attached to a pole which people set up in a public crossroad, where I'd have shouted my head off, "There's the town where he was born. Here he is leaving his father the apothecary. Here he is arriving in the capital, looking for his uncle's residence. Here he is on his knees before his uncle, who is chasing him away. Here he is with a Jew," and so on and so on. The next day, I'd get up firmly resolved to join up with the street singers. That's not the worst thing I could've done. We could've gone to give a concert under my dear uncle's windows. He'd have collapsed with rage. But I chose something else. At that point he stopped and assumed, in succession, the pose of a man who's holding a violin, turning his arms to tighten the strings, and then the pose of a poor devil worn out with exhaustion, with no energy, whose limbs wobbled, ready to die if someone didn't throw him a piece of bread. He showed his extreme need with the gesture of a finger pointing towards his half open mouth. R ME ONE OF THOSE PICTURES ATTACHED TO A POLE WHICH PEOPLE SET UP IN A PUBLIC CROSS ROAD WHERE I'D HAVE SHOUTED MY HEAD OFF THERE'S THE TOWN WHERE HE WAS BORN HERE HE IS LEAVING HIS FATHER THE APOTHECARY HERE HE IS ARRIVING IN THE CAPITAL LOOKING FOR HIS UNCLE'S RESIDENCE HERE HE IS ON HIS KNEES BEFORE HIS UNCLE WHO IS CHASING HIM AWAY HERE HE IS WITH A JEW AND SO ON AND SO ON THE NEXT DAY I'D GET UP FIRMLY RESOLVED TO JOIN UP WITH THE STREET SINGERS THAT'S NOT THE WORST THING I COULD HAVE DONE WE COULD HAVE GONE TO GIVE A CONCERT UNDER MY DEAR UNCLE'S WINDOWS HE'D HAVE COLLAPSED WITH RAGE BUT I CHOSE SOMETHING ELSE AT THAT POINT HE STOPPED AND ASSUMED IN SUCCESSION THE POSE OF A MAN WHO'S HOLDING A VIOLIN TURNING HIS ARMS TO TIGHTEN THE STRINGS AND THEN THE POSE OF A POOR DEVIL WORN OUT WITH EXHAUSTION WITH NO ENERGY WHOSE LIMBS WOBBLED READY TO DIE IF SOMEONE DIDN'T THROW HIM A PIECE OF BREAD HE SHOWED HIS EXTREME NEED WITH THE GESTURE OF A FINGER POINTING TOWARDS HIS HALF OPEN MOUTH
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